Spain OKs 'Google Tax' demanded by news publishers
Associated Press
9 hours ago
MADRID (AP) — Spain's parliament has approved new
intellectual property laws that allow news publishers to charge aggregators
each time they display news content in search results.
The law goes into effect Jan. 1 but does not specify how
much aggregators like Google News could be charged. Spain's AEDE group of news
publishers had lobbied for what is known as the "Google Tax" but has
not provided specifics.
Google Inc.'s Spanish division said Thursday it was
disappointed with the outcome and will work with Spanish news publishers to
help them increase income.
Google last year agreed to help French news organizations
increase online advertising revenue and fund digital publishing innovations to
settle a dispute there over whether it should pay for news content in its
search results.
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