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September 13, 2004

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On the weekend the SCMP reported a dispute between Google Hong Kong and local media outlets. The crux of the dispute is local media groups do not want Google's Chinese news site to aggregate their sites, claiming it is a breach of copyright. The nice lady from Google said simply that Google will exclude any news outlet from its news pages that would like to get in touch with them. But she also said:

It was "very rare" for publishers to ask to be removed from the Google website, which she said was a convenient vehicle to channel readers to their websites."
It seems Hong Kong's media prefers their websites to dwell in obscurity. I hope they enjoy living in the past century while the rest of the world passes them by.

 posted by Simon on 09.13.04 at 11:46 AM in the




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