News aggregators like Alphabet
Inc.’s Google news search may have to pay publishers to list snippets of articles on their Web sites under plans by the
European Union’s executive body to update the bloc’s copyright rules, according to a report in the
Wall Street Journal. "The European Commission is slated to propose that national
legislation be allowed to require news publishers to claim compensation from internet companies, according to an internal document.... The proposals are still being discussed internally. The possible
EU move to pave the way for potentially lucrative agreements between publishers and web giants could be a boon to news publishers who have been hurting from falling revenue as more readers consume
news online."
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