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Rupert Murdoch says they are.

While the Internet is not the only reason why the news industry is dying, Murdoch still has a point: the search-engine news aggregators do profit from other people’s work without paying them a penny. They do send traffic their way, though.

Update-1: Is everything Google’s fault now?

Update-2: The Associated Press wants news aggregators to pay up, or it sues. If you see the name AP in a news article, you can be sure the words “legal action” are somewhere in the same sentence.

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