Google threatens to drop links to French media
Source: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from its search results if France implements a proposed law forcing search engines to pay for content, according to a letter obtained by AFP.
The letter sent by Google to several ministerial offices this month said it "cannot accept" such a move and the company "as a consequence would be required to no longer reference French sites."
It said such a law, which would require Google to make payments to media sites for displaying links to their content, would "threaten (Google's) very existence".
It also noted that Google "redirects four billion 'clicks' per month towards the Internet pages" of French media.
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)"They said a law should impose a settlement in the long-running dispute with Google, which receives high volumes of advertising revenue from user searches for news contained on media websites."
Meanwhile following the EU missive on Google's privacy policies earlier this week :
APAC privacy group backs EU's Google stance
The Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum (APPA) has backed the recommendations made by the Commission Nationale de IInformatique et des Libertès Working Partys investigation into Googles privacy policy issues.
In a letter from Australian Information Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim, representing the APPAs regional data protection agencies, the Asia Pacific group supported the Working Partys reforms including that Google should provide more comprehensive information about data retention periods, including clear and specific time frames for the deletion of user data.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/17/google_under_eu_attack/
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)but something weird just happened to Google's share price - down 9% and halted on NASDAQ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/goog
Likelier:
Google Crushed as Earnings Miss Badly
Google (GOOG) shares are down sharply as the company accidentally released earnings during the day's trading, missing Wall Street estimates badly.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11741335/1/google-crushed-as-earnings-miss-badly.html?puc=TSMKTWATCH&cm_ven=TSMKTWATCH
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Followed something like 20% drop in profit forecast. Its difficult to search for links because the search contains the word google.
DippyDem
(659 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts).
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)Not suprising that their 3Q numbers went downhill.