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by coldpie 931 days ago
> If they don't like what is shown, they have full control to change it.

Sure, and then some other news agency that does include more content in their metadata will be shared in the aggregator instead, because it will at least bring in a little revenue. It's a race to the bottom, and the outcome for the original reporter is the same: no payment for their work.

> The real problem is that reporting the news doesn't pay very well anymore

Well, yeah! That is the problem! Google is getting the money that used to go to the news agencies. This is one attempt at a fix.

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> and the outcome for the original reporter is the same: no payment for their work.

What provisions are in this bill to ensure that the money ends up in the reporters' hands, and not the media agencies' hands? Without that then you still have the exact same "race to the bottom" scenario – with the reporter seeing no payment for their work.

What provisions are in this bill to ensure that the reporters are able to create their own brand to break free of the media agencies? If the intent is to see Google/Meta drive the traffic and also pay the reporters, the middleman agency serves no purpose.