What Are Your Views on The News Media Bargaining Code?

L[Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 00:21

Hi All,

The ACCC is drafting the News Media Bargaining Code and it will require social media companies to do a few things like

Economic Explain video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2r948rUkQ

I assume this is going to hurt content creators who use or make commentary contents based on News contents. I am on either side of the bullshit, but I do feel bad that many content creators are going to suffer. What are your views on this issue?

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  • CharityCase on 23/08/2020 - 00:28
    +1

    Australia becoming the new China?

    • iforgotmysocks on 23/08/2020 - 00:49

      In what way?

      • [Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 00:53
        +2

        idk, restrictions on how news content are displayed and used?

  • mbck on 23/08/2020 - 00:32
    +5

    I thought they just want money. I mean the other points seems dodgy af. Murdoch pulling his political strings it seems

    • [Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 00:50
      +1

      Ye its dodgy. I was thinking if ACCC gonna pass this, Google probably gonna raise subscription fees, every website needs to pay News outlet in order to use contents, etc.

      • Ocker on 23/08/2020 - 10:02

        Why shouldn't Google and the likes pay for the content they scalp and use to sell their own services?

        • dcep on 23/08/2020 - 15:58

          does google charge them for clicks originate from google search ?

        • scotty on 23/08/2020 - 17:51

          Media companies should just block Googlebots from accessing their content with robots.txt. Oh wait, I think media companies probably want their content scrapped…

    • AustriaBargain on 23/08/2020 - 07:32
      +3

      They want to be part of the system which is fair enough. But I see how this benefits News Ltd, but what about the other news outlets or news outlets just starting out. Will this level the playing field or just return the balance of power back to News Ltd?

  • trustnoone on 23/08/2020 - 03:52
    +3

    Some of the things in there make me uncomfortable, things like news sites getting Googles algorithm ahead of time, so they can tailor their sites so you see them first. The fact that it only pertains to Google and Facebook because they see them as places of revenue as opposed to a "rule" that works for nearly all. Plus I don't see bargaining from any news companies in Australia that would help the Australian public that much. I wouldn't be surprised if all bargaining would be at the expense at Google, Facebook and the public. Not that I trust Google or Facebook either and I feel the message brought out by Google on their search site and youtube site to be vague enough that it created alarm bells as opposed to making me want to support them either. But at the end of the day I'd like it to at least support the Australian public on the whole.

    I also feel its a little iffy, theres so many issues for the ACCC that they should be handling, yet they put all this time and money into getting news outlets more money? Which honestly feels like it came out of nowhere. Me wonders whether there would be better places the ACCC could be focusing that time and money on.

    • Geekomatic on 23/08/2020 - 14:20
      +2

      "Me wonders whether there would be better places the ACCC could be focusing that time and money on."

      Yeah, like every dodgy-deal done by the LNP since they took over???

  • [Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 08:15
    -1

    This is just a way for the outdated Australian media companies, to now have access to statistics and data that prove how outdated they are, and MoDeRnIsE.

  • skid on 23/08/2020 - 10:08
    -1

    Still undecided on whether this is a good thing.

    1 - Sounds like it will raise the page rank of true journalism
    2 - Google will lose out on advertising revenue

  • DashCam AKA Rolts on 23/08/2020 - 11:06
    -1

    Have you been following the collapse of various news/magazine groups in Australia?
    The journalists being laid off as their employers are no longer profitable due to the use, at literally no cost, by Google & Facebook in particular.
    These online services have had a free ride for a long while, trading on the work of others, at no cost, that is leading to the demise of the primary sources of the news articles. This often impacts regional communities more than large cities.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-21/australian-community-…
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/may/28/news-corp-anno…
    https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/05/28/full-list-of-newspapers…

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