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research. (3) Inaccuracies and errors in existing AC laws are due in significant measure to the influence of lobbyists. Objectives in media policy that are not
related to the true purpose of AC should be pursued with other legislative proposals. (4) Journalism that is worthy of protection also comes via broadcast
media and from bloggers. Their online contributions are subject to the same secondary use by search engines. AC should therefore be expanded to include
them. (5) Publishing companies should receive public funding for the service they provide to society, although this should have a clear focus on promoting
innovation. (6) Large Internet corporations like Google must also be seen as media companies. They should have to follow basic programming principles,
which would include providing and advertising journalistic content, as demanded in the laws regarding private broadcasters in Germany and Austria, for
example. The recommendations are intended as applied political deliberation with the aim of achieving better regulation of media in Europe. (Fliedner,
O. 2001: Gute Gesetzgebung.
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/stabsabteilung/01147.pdf, [4.8.2015]) (Karpen, U. 2008: Legistics – freshly evaluated. http://
dx.doi.org/10/bb5t).