澳洲政府立法,針對臉書和Google等平台若分享澳媒新聞內容,必須付費給該媒體。此法引起臉書不滿,進而採取全面封鎖澳媒內容的報復性手段。然而,在Google和媒體達成支付報酬(remuneration)共識後,臉書也態度放軟,與澳洲政府達成新協議。
【臉書禁澳洲新聞淺談】
1.remuneration 報酬
A:Facebook was locked in a stare-down with news publishers and lawmakers in Australia for months.
(數月來,臉書和澳洲新聞出版業及立法者處於針鋒相對的局面。)
B:It all started when news media demanded to obtain appropriate remuneration for the use of the content.
(爭議始於新聞媒體要求取得使用內容的適當報酬。)
2.to take a turn for the better 正面轉機
A:The confrontation escalated when Facebook blocked all news in Australia, including health and emergency services.
(對峙在臉書封鎖包含健康和緊急服務資訊在內的所有澳洲新聞時升級。)
B:Well, things took a turn for the better when the firm finally restored news to Australian pages.
(當平台最終決定恢復分享澳洲新聞網頁後事情有了正面轉機。)
3.to draft a law 起草法案
A:The government drafted the law to address the media's loss of advertising revenue to US tech firms.
(政府起草法案的目的是要解決媒體面對美國科技公司的廣告收入損失。)
B:Such code of conduct might, according to the regulators, level the playing field.
(立法者表示,這樣的行為準則或許能平衡市場利益分配。)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. inadvertently:不小心地
2. to capitulate:投降、屈服
3. compromise:妥協
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