German publishers demand payment for being listed in Google results. Predictably, Google delists them. You won’t believe what happens next.
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@stilkov what happens next?
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@markusvoelter They sue Google heise.de/newsticker/meldung/…
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@stilkov @markusvoelter But in a way it does make sense, harvesting global work for free is no sustainable economic model, people need money
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Replying to @fsteeg
@fsteeg @markusvoelter If you don’t want a search engine indexing your content, fine. But sue them into having to do and pay for it? No way.

Jun 24, 2014 · 7:56 PM UTC

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@stilkov @markusvoelter It’s just one example of this common model today: businesses make money based on time and work by people who don’t