Now, after taking a step back, failing to force Google to pay for providing a service that is much more beneficial to Springer than it is to Google, Bild and Springer try to paint a picture that displays them as the victims in this issue, being bullied by big old Google. It gets more absurd by the day.
Also, this right only applies to Google - if you're DuckDuckGo or any other search engine you're still not allowed to show snippets from Springer media. So they are complaining about Google's market dominating position by strengthening it? Utterly absurd.
Will be fun to watch Google presenting those headlines in the search results.
And I agree, it is a ridiculous fight and Springer is more to blame than Google in this case. But, that's what happens in saturated markets. Its business.
- Bild makes money from the online visits.
- Google makes money form the online visits as well.
- Bild actually provides content for Google to generate that revenue.
Why should not Google pay for the content (a percentage of ad revenue generated by the news.google.com would do nicely)?
If you took ice cream for free that doesn't give anyone the right to force you to buy it.