Ultimately, what we're looking for is fair negotiations.
I wanted to refer to those small players and the collective bargaining framework that's in the bill. We heard testimony from one of the witnesses who said that smaller players “just don't have the bargaining power. They don't have the time, and they don't have the energy. They aren't big enough to support that kind of negotiation need.” However, we've also heard that similar legislation implemented in Australia showed strong benefits that happened quickly for the small news outlets.
Would you care to respond to those comments? Do you believe that this bill's provisions would lead these smaller players, to incur that heavier burden and help you with the obvious imbalance that exists without this legislation between the small publishers and the Internet giants?