Silva said “binding arbitration within the code could be a reasonable backstop – so long as the arbitration model is fair.” However, the proposed arbitration model was “skewed to the interests of one type of business only,” Silva said, referring to media. Google said it had provided a better model with Google News Showcase. Google is paying participating publishers to provide paywalled content to News Showcase users through the model that it launched in October. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Google says Australia’s law is unworkable. “By imposing final-offer arbitration with biased criteria, it encourages publishers to go to arbitration rather than reaching an agreement,” Silva said of the government’s model.