Google News to return to Spain after seven-year spat

MADRID,  – Google announced Wednesday the reopening of its news service in Spain next year after the country amended a law that imposed fees on aggregators such as the US tech giant for using publishers’ content. The service closed in Spain in December 2014 after legislation passed requiring web platforms such as Google and Facebook to pay publishers to reproduce content from other websites, including links to their articles that describe a story’s content. But on Tuesday the Spanish government approved a European Union copyright law that allows third-party online … Continue reading Google News to return to Spain after seven-year spat