German Proposal For Search Engines To Pay For Displaying Publishers? Text Snippets Gets Expert Hearing. Google Dubs It ?Bad Law?

Google is sounding a warning klaxon about a proposed law change in Germany which aims to strengthen copyright law for publishers by requiring search engines and online news aggregators to pay a royalty to display snippets of copyrighted text -- such as the first paragraph of an article displayed within a Google News search. If the law passes, fines would be imposed for unlicensed use of snippets.

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