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by apple_innocent
1980 days ago
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The product, i.e., the Australian media, is already in the country. There is nothing to import. As for "legally operate in the country" that makes little sense either. If those companies want to open offices in Australia, they can. They can sell whatever they want. Of course, they do not sell anything. They are leeches. The telecom infrastructure that Google and Facebook must utilise to conduct surveillance and collect data on the Australian readership, does not belong to Google or Facebook. What are these companies bringing to the country. Nothing. They are leaches. They want data on Australians. Any country can create their own localised social network and search engine. If Google and Facebook want to charge fees to Australians to use their websites, then can. They will never do that. Why is that. Again, "what is really happening" in Australia is not how I am looking at this dispute. I am looking at this as a general question of whether a country, any country, can protect its media industry from Google and Facebook. Other countries want to do this, too. This could be a test case. Given that Australia now has a FTA with the US, the leverage is too great. So don't worry, Australia will back down. But not every country is like Australia with its political grandstanding and Murdoch media. Not every country has a FTA with the US. Making Facebook and Google pay is not a crazy idea. |
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