Thread: Murdoch wants to block Google Searches

i'm sooooo surprised

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8351331.stm

Rupert Murdoch has said he will try to block Google from using news content from his companies.

The billionaire told Sky News Australia he will explore ways to remove stories from Google's search indexes, including Google News.

Mr Murdoch's News Corp had previously said it would start charging online customers across all its websites.

He believes that search engines cannot legally use headlines and paragraphs of news stories as search results.

"There's a doctrine called 'fair use', which we believe to be challenged in the courts and would bar it altogether," Mr Murdoch told the TV channel. "But we'll take that slowly."

Mr Murdoch announced earlier this year that the websites of his news organisations would begin charging for access.

The target had been for all its sites to charge by June next year, but indications are that this is now unlikely.

News Corp owns the Times and Sun newspapers in the UK and the New York Post and Wall Street Journal in the US.

Newspapers across the world are considering the best way to make money from the internet, particularly in a time of falling advertising revenues.

The risk is that charges may alienate readers who have become used to free content and deter advertisers.

oh and apparently he wants to sue the BBC because they "steal newscorp stories"

grrr....no one should be able to be as powerful as this son of a bitch is. :4

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

grrr....no one should be able to be as powerful as this son of a bitch is. :4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ws_Corporation

wow.

Australian, go figure?
lol just kidding.

He's committing suicide as far as I'm concerned. People don't like to pay on the internet, he should know this. If he starts charging for his websites I will cease to visit them.

Steps:

1.) Block search engine results

2.) Stop getting new readers as a result

3.)

4.) BANKRUPTCY!

Murdoch going bankrupt? lolz. yeah right.





one can only hope :3

Originally Posted by smokenspectre

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

grrr....no one should be able to be as powerful as this son of a bitch is. :4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ws_Corporation

wow.

Wow, indeed. I had not realized just how far this guys fingers are into our media... that is insane.