For the uninitiated: Germany passed legislation that requires websites to pay a fee even to show headlines. Google said they won't pay and will pull the plug o

For the uninitiated: Germany passed legislation that requires websites to pay a fee even to show headlines. Google said they won't pay and will pull the plug on Google News in Germany if they need to pay a single cent. The media organizations then granted an exclusion to Google News, giving Google News a competitive advantage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancillary_copyright_for_press_publishers#Comparisons_with_other_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancillary_copyright_for_press_...