Why Spain's Google Tax is Doomed

[Commentary] Perhaps the most intriguing question about the "Google tax" introduced in Spain is whether there is a workable way to limit or tax the spread of information on the Internet. I suspect there isn't, and Spaniards are about to find that out the hard way, as some Germans and Belgians did before them. The Internet is much bigger than Google, which is why all the attempts to control it through the leading search engine are doomed. Perhaps the only way to help content producers cope with the Internet's intrinsic leakiness would be to charge an Internet access tax. It might be a better idea simply to accept reality, leave Google alone, and work on refining the business models of content creators -- many of which are, after all, still profitable.