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

Posted by EditorDavid on from the pay-to-paste dept.

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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  1. Google's reply? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Well, we'd rather not have to pay, so... we'll just not index your content anymore. kthxbye"

    (Meanwhile Microsoft probably had something to say too, but nobody asked.)

    1. Re:Google's reply? by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

      We're not talking about delisting a continent, only its media outlets. I can't think of anything more devastating.

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    2. Re:Google's reply? by Dangerous_Minds · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Indeed. By all means big publishers, demand money from Google. When Google delists you, all that juicy traffic will go to the smaller independent news sites who will be more than happy to make some extra ad impressions. Heck, I would go so far as to say some of them are jumping up and down in excitement over the prospect of some of the big media outlets cutting themselves out of that stream of traffic.

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  2. Re:good luck with that one... by davester666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does "copyright reform" always mean increasing copyright, either what it protects or overall term. never a reduced term or increased "fair use".

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  3. Re:good luck with that one... by qeveren · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because you don't pay enough to buy the laws you want.

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