German publishers file a complaint against Google over whether it should pay to show their articles
According to a spokesperson for VG Media, German publishers have filed a complaint against Google, claiming that the search engine should pay to show their articles online. VG Media, which is a consortium of 200 publishers, says that Google does not want to pay to show its publishers’ content: “So bringing a civil claim before the responsible court is the only way to enforce the ancillary copyright for press publishers against Google.”
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