Spain Wants to Boost Digital News by Charging Aggregators
 

Spain Wants to Boost Digital News by Charging Aggregators
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Spain is considering legislation that would require news aggregators like Google News to pay for original news stories.

Under the proposed law, reported by World News Publishing Focus, aggregators would need to provide compensation for the reproduction of headlines or fragments of stories. Reproduction of an entire article would require written permission and possibly additional payment.

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The bill, which would alter intellectual property law, is currently in parliament in Spain; it has the support of the country's prime minister, Maria** Rajoy, and a major Spanish newspaper association. Read more...

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