Google and Bing could be made to pay for showing snippets of news articles in Europe

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• A proposal endorsed by the European Union ambassadors may make search engines like Google and Microsoft's Bing pay for showing news article clips.
• The measure, which isn't final yet, would mean that publishers could ask search engines to pay them for showing their articles for up to one year after the article publishes.
• The measure stems from an original proposal from the European Commission that foresaw giving publishers the option to ask search engines for payment for up to 20 years.
• While news publishers are praising the measure, the tech industry is less enthusiastic about it.

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Search engines like Google and Microsoft’s Bing could be made to pay for showing snippets of news articles under draft copyright rules endorsed by European Union ambassadors on Friday.

The measure, which is not yet final, would allow press publishers to ask search engines to pay them for showing their articles for up to one year after publication.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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