Google will stop its news service in Spain on December 16, it announced in a blog post. The shutdown will take place prior to the introduction of a new intellectual property law.
The new law, which will come into force on January 1, 2015, requires publishers to charge Google News – and any other news aggregator – for showing even small snippets of their content.
Google News says publishers have to charge whether they want to or not. The law itself calls this nonnegotiable.
Spain’s congress approved the law (PDF) – but only with the votes of the Government’s Popular Party. There were 172 votes in favour, 144 against and 3 abstentions. Not a single opposition MP supported the bill.
The Spanish Intellectual Property Law was first published in 1996. Since then, different governments have failed to adapt it to the Internet environment.
Read more:Why Spain is saying ‘adios’ to Google News | euronews, world news
The new law, which will come into force on January 1, 2015, requires publishers to charge Google News – and any other news aggregator – for showing even small snippets of their content.
Google News says publishers have to charge whether they want to or not. The law itself calls this nonnegotiable.
Spain’s congress approved the law (PDF) – but only with the votes of the Government’s Popular Party. There were 172 votes in favour, 144 against and 3 abstentions. Not a single opposition MP supported the bill.
The Spanish Intellectual Property Law was first published in 1996. Since then, different governments have failed to adapt it to the Internet environment.
Read more:Why Spain is saying ‘adios’ to Google News | euronews, world news
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