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In that case i think the both sides are enemies. It's an intra-gang spat about which gangster should get a bigger cut of the money from their scheme. In that light it is very understandable why is it happening. They have cooperated to set up the mainstream, establishment friendly media...

https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/google-signs-french-deal-to-pay-newspapers-for-snippets.html Apparently new EU copyright directive. And when Google offered to remove the snippet, but that in turn would apparently constitute abuse of monopoly. Somehow.

According to the article, its both. Snippets in google search are specifically mentioned. Google tried to remove the snippets from its searched, but France said it won't do.

Related and possibly connected situation, considering the timing: https://www.worldipreview.com/news/google-agrees-to-pay-french-publishers-for-online-re-use-20610 Blood in the water?

TBH, they do have one argument - they supply content for Google and other aggregators to show. It raises an interesting question - at which point an ad becomes worthwhile content in and of itself? For a more convincing scenario, some types of video entertainment are often considered glorified...

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/18/18188571/europe-copyright-directive-link-tax-article-11-13 EU tried to pass a very similar measure and it got stuck in limbo so far. And it does seem like yet another case of journocreatures being desperately greedy and using their influence on politicians to...