Google News being shut down in Spain
(Google):
http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2014/12/an-update-on-google-news-in-spain.html
After 9/11, one of our engineers, Krishna Bharat, realized that
results for the query "World Trade Center" returned nothing about the
terrorist attacks. And it was also hard to compare the news from
different sources or countries because every web site was a silo.
That's how Google News was born and today the service is available in
more than 70 international editions, covering 35 languages. It's a
service that hundreds of millions of users love and trust, including
many here in Spain. It's free to use and includes everything from the
world's biggest newspapers to small, local publications and bloggers.
Publishers can choose whether or not they want their articles to
appear in Google News -- and the vast majority choose to be included
for very good reason. Google News creates real value for these
publications by driving people to their websites, which in turn helps
generate advertising revenues.
But sadly, as a result of a new Spanish law, we'll shortly have to
close Google News in Spain. Let me explain why. This new
legislation requires every Spanish publication to charge services
like Google News for showing even the smallest snippet from their
publications, whether they want to or not. As Google News itself
makes no money (we do not show any advertising on the site) this
new approach is simply not sustainable. So it's with real sadness
that on 16 December (before the new law comes into effect in
January) we'll remove Spanish publishers from Google News, and
close Google News in Spain.
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Be careful what you wish for, Spain.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them.
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