Google 'Urgently' Calls On Europe To Rethink Wording In Copyright Rule

The European Parliament’s version of a new copyright directive specifically, Article 11 and its recital 32  will have unintended consequences for smaller news publishers by limiting innovation in journalism and reducing choices for European consumers, according to Google. While copyrights give news publishers rights in how their work gets used, Article 11, as it is written, could require online services to strike licensing deals with publishers to show hyperlinks and short snippets of news. The Mountain View, California search giant will "urgently call on policymakers to fix this in the final text of the directive." This means Google is asking the copyright directive to give all publishers the right to control their own business models by giving them the choice to waive the need for a commercial license for their content.