[New post] European Commission pressing ahead on ‘Google News tax’ despite nobody wanting it

Ben Lovejoy posted: " TNW reports that the European Commission is pressing ahead with proposals to make 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 co" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google European Commission pressing ahead on ‘Google News tax’ despite nobody wanting it by Ben Lovejoy TNW reports that the European Commission is pressing ahead with proposals to make 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 have tried this, […] Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | March 28, 2016 at 4:04 am | Tags: Europe, European commission, Google News, Google tax | Categories: Search | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-zzQ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/03/28/google-news-snippet-tax-ec/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com