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German Law To Make Google Pay For Snippets

Posted by timothy on from the die-schnippets-sind-aber-teuer! dept.

judgecorp writes "The German government has announced plans for a copyright law which would require Google, other search engines, and aggregators to pay for small snippets of text displayed on their pages. Journalistic citations and private users will be exempt."

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  1. Re:Yeah, that's fine. by smi.james.th · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Which is pretty much an internet death sentence. Smart.

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