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Tax avoidance...

The EU's link tax will lead to minimal links for EU news providers rather than the hoped for extra revenue


Link Here27th September 2019
Full story: Copyrighting hyperlinks...EU propose copyright extension to hyperlinks
The EU recently enacted an internet censorship law giving websites the right to demand fees for linking to them. It was hoped that Google in particular would end up paying for links to European news providers struggling for revenue in the modern internet environment.

But it seems that Google may have other ideas. Google is changing the way it displays news stories produced by European publishers in France as new copyright rules go into effect. Rather than paying publishers to display snippets of their news stories, as was intended, Google will show only headlines from articles instead.

Google says that it doesn't pay for news content as a matter of policy. The company shut down its Google News in Spain after a law passed in 2014 would have mandated such payments. Google are sticking to their guns. The company said:

We believe that Search should operate on the basis of relevance and quality, not commercial relationships. That's why we don't accept payment from anyone to be included in organic search results and we don't pay for the links or preview content included in search results.

This move will disappoint publishers who had hoped for additional revenue as a result of new copyright law that goes into effect in France next month. The country is the first to implement European Union copyright rules passed earlier this year .

But perhaps there is a worse to come for European companies. It could be that in a page of Google news search results, US news services may have embellished entries with snippets and thumbnail images whilst the European equivalent will just have a boring text link. And guess which entries people will probably click on.

Maybe it won't be long before European companies set their fees at zero for using their snippets and images.

 

 

Offsite Article: Swiss Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking...


Link Here 23rd September 2019
Full story: Internet Censorship in Switzerland...Starting with blocking foreign gambling sites
Switzerland's parliament passes new copyright laws

See article from torrentfreak.com

 

 

Offsite Article: Can YouTube Be Liable For Copyright Infringing Videos?...


Link Here 23rd August 2019
Full story: Internet Censorship in EU...EU introduces swathes of internet censorship law
Top EU Court is to Decide on case threatening safe harbour protections underpinning the legality of European websites hosting user content

See article from torrentfreak.com


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