EU Copyright Reform Proposes Search Engines Pay For Snippets (thestack.com)

An anonymous Slashdot reader reports that the European Commission "is planning reforms that would allow media outlets to request payment from search engines such as Google, for publishing snippets of their content in search results." The Stack reports: The working paper recommends the introduction of an EU law that covers the rights to digital reproduction of news publications. This would essentially make news publishers a new category of rights holders under copyright law, thereby ensuring that "the creative and economic contribution of news publishers is recognized and incentivized in EU law, as it is today the case for other creative sectors."

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Re:That worked great in Germany

[aaribaud]

Alright, so... The document does not originate from an official EU website. It has no actual date, or more to the point, it has a conspicuously "redacted" date showing only the year. No known author either, not even an obscure reference to an author's initials. OK, 180+ pages is enormous for a hoax, but just because it does not have all obvious markings of a forgery does not make it genuine. And just because it is genuine does not make it something "the EU Commission is planning". So... I'll wait for a more official source for the moment.

Re:That worked great in Germany

[wabrandsma]

This is a leaked draft impact assessment(PDF alert), you can read more about it here: European Copyright Leak Exposes Plans to Force the Internet to Subsidize Publishers

This is what Julia Reda (MEP) says about it: Commissioner Oettinger is about to turn EU copyright reform into another ACTA:

This is not a copyright fit for the digital age. It’s a copyright that tries to protect the big players of the past from the future.

Europe’s publishing, film and music industries have clearly found that influencing Commissioner Oettinger to write laws is easier and more lucrative than adapting to progress and competing fairly.