Google is to close its news-linking service in Spain next in response to a new law which will force it to pay publishers for using their content. The Internet advertising giant said the new law makes Google News unsustainable and that 'with real sadness' it would remove Spanish publishers from the service on December 16. 'The new law requires publishers to charge Google News for showing even the smallest snippets of their content - whether they want to charge or not,' the company said. Noticias of closure: Google is to shut down its Google News service in Spain after the country passed a law giving publishers an inalienable right to charge the Internet ads giant for using snippets of their content
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Google says the new law makes the Google News service unsustainable
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Spanish law gives publishers an 'inalienable' right to levy licensing fees
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Publishers say Google tramples on copyright with headlines and snippets
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