I disagree.<p>The news sites have made the economic calculation that allowing access to traffic from content aggregators like Google (which is the price of being discoverable by Google) is worthwhile.<p>The idea that only sufficiently large aggregators&#x2F;traffic sources should get a special pass seems preposterous; anyone trying to enforce would be engaged in downright anticompetitive behavior.<p>The cat is already dead, can we please open the box &amp; acknowledge the source of the foul smell?