TNW reports that the European Commission is urgent ahead with proposals to earn Google News pay a fee for linking to news stories on the web. The EC says that as search results include a short excerpt from the piece,and that text is protected by copyright, Google must pay.
Three European countries hold tried this, and it failed in all three. In Spain,Google simply decided to close Google News in that country, and news websites lost 10-15% of their traffic overnight. Spanish publishers – who had originally demanded the law – quickly realized their mistake and tried to pass a new law that would somehow force Google to return … more…
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Source: 9to5google.com