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Google May Have To Pay European Publishers For Showing News Clips

September 14, 2016 by Raymond Hackney

The E.U. just wants to keep pushing Google’s buttons

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Bloomberg is out this morning with a news item that the E.U. is  drafting new copyright rules. Publishers would have the right to demand payment for their content being published on sites like Google News.

Google shut its news portal in Spain in 2014 after copyright legislation allowed publishers charge for content used by other websites.

From the article:

“This proposal provides for a new right for press publishers aiming at facilitating online licensing of their publications, the recoupment of their investment and the enforcement of their rights,” the European Commission said in a text of the proposal published on its website. “Fair sharing of value is also necessary to ensure the sustainability of the press publications sector.”

The E.U. is also looking to add some new provisions for musicians which may cause Google to increase their screening for copyright violations.

Read the full article here

Filed Under: Google, IntellectualProperty

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond is a writer, domain trader and consultant based in Pennsylvania. Raymond is the founder of 3Character.com and TLDInvestors.com.

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Comments

  1. 5years.CO says

    September 14, 2016 at 9:25 am

    news articles have a value (and a copyright)

    • Jane Doe says

      September 14, 2016 at 10:39 am

      Advertising the existence of the article in question also has a value.

      The simple solution then would be for Google to stop linking to those news sites unless they pay to be shown.

      In the meantime, link to external sites reporting similar stories.

      • 5years.CO says

        September 14, 2016 at 11:12 am

        advertising has a value … if the advertising is required … not if Google decides that articles and advertising have the same value … and, yes, the right solution is to link articles only if the publishers wants (and pay for the advertising)

  2. JP says

    September 14, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    I’ve always said why should google get to spider everybody’s sites for free. Pretty messed up when you think about it, they offer little in return, and they may even punish you.


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