Google forges agreements to pay over 300 news publishers in EU
Google forges agreements to pay over 300 news publishers in EU
$Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$'s Google forged deals to pay over 300 publishers in Germany, France, and four other EU countries for their news, Reuters reports.
Google will also roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up.
The tool offers publishers an extended news preview agreement that allows Google to show snippets and thumbnails for a licensing fee.
So far, Google has acknowledged agreements that cover more than 300 national, local, and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland, with many more discussions ongoing.
Among Google's fiercest critics, news publishers have long urged governments to ensure online platforms pay fair remuneration for their content.
Australia and Canada introduced have similar legislation.
$Alphabet-A(谷歌)$据路透社报道，谷歌与德国、法国和其他四个欧盟国家的300多家出版商达成协议，为他们的新闻付费。
谷歌还将推出一个工具，让其他人更容易注册。
该工具为出版商提供了一项延长的新闻预览协议，允许谷歌以许可费的形式显示新闻片段和缩略图。
到目前为止，谷歌已经承认了覆盖德国、匈牙利、法国、奥地利、荷兰和爱尔兰的300多家全国性、地方性和专业性新闻出版物的协议，还有更多的谈判正在进行中。
作为谷歌最猛烈的批评者之一，新闻出版商长期以来一直敦促政府确保在线平台为其内容支付公平的报酬。
澳大利亚和加拿大也出台了类似的立法。