The new rules create 'neighbouring rights' to ensure a form of copyright protection – and compensation – for media firms when their content is used on websites such as search engines. — AFP
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France: Google cannot escape French law obliging the US online giant to pay royalties to media outlets for displaying their articles, pictures and videos in search results, French President Emmanuel Macron said Oct 5.
Google routinely shows extracts of news articles or small "thumbnail" images in its results and on Google News, without paying the publishers.
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