Alphabet’s Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 media outlets in Germany, France and four other European Union countries for news and will launch a tool to make it easier for other outlets to subscribe as well, the company told Reuters.
The move, announced publicly on Wednesday, comes after the adoption of copyright rules in the European Union three years ago, which require Google and other platforms to pay musicians, artists, authors, news publishers and journalists for use of your work.
News publishers, who are among Google’s fiercest critics, have long called on governments to ensure online platforms pay fair compensation for their content. Australia made these payments mandatory last year, while Canada introduced similar legislation last month.
“So far, we have agreements covering over 300 national, local and specialist publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland, with many more discussions ongoing,” said Sulina Connal, Director of News and Publishing Partnerships, in a Google statement seen by Reuters, due later on Wednesday.
Two-thirds of this group are German publishers, including Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Faz).
“We are now announcing the launch of a new tool for making offers to thousands of news outlets, starting in Germany and Hungary and rolling out to other European Union countries in the coming months,” Connal said in the statement due to be blogged. from the company.
The tool offers outlets an extended news viewing agreement that allows Google to show snippets and thumbnail images for a licensing fee.
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