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.
$Alphabet-A(谷歌)$據路透社報道，谷歌與德國、法國和其他四個歐盟國家的300多家出版商達成協議，為他們的新聞付費。
谷歌還將推出一個工具，讓其他人更容易註冊。
該工具為出版商提供了一項延長的新聞預覽協議，允許谷歌以許可費的形式顯示新聞片段和縮略圖。
到目前為止，谷歌已經承認了覆蓋德國、匈牙利、法國、奧地利、荷蘭和愛爾蘭的300多家全國性、地方性和專業性新聞出版物的協議，還有更多的談判正在進行中。
作為谷歌最猛烈的批評者之一，新聞出版商長期以來一直敦促政府確保在線平臺為其內容支付公平的報酬。
澳大利亞和加拿大也出臺了類似的立法。