Spain
Wants to
Boost Digital News by
Charging Aggregators
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.
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