The technology company Google has issued a statement Thursday in which announces that close the Google News service in Spain . “Unfortunately, as a result of the new Spanish law, we will close shortly,” says the text signed on the blog of the US company by the head of Google News, Richard Gingras .
Most publishers choose to appear for good reason: it creates real value for their publications The company defends its position by arguing that the new legislation on intellectual property in Spain requires services as Google “ pay for any minimal text editors, even if they do not want to cash “. And as Google News points out that nothing and no invoice showing ads on your pages, “this new legislative approach is simply untenable” for your company.
“So with sadness that we announce the December 16 , before that new law enters into force in January, we will remove the links from Spanish publishers of Google News and Google News will close in Spain, “concluded the company about a service that is available in 70 editions international and covers 35 languages.
The company boasts that their service is highly appreciated by “hundreds of millions of users, many of them in Spain”. Also said to be easy to use and includes information of small medium, large and even bloggers. “Publishers can choose whether or not appearing in Google News, but most decide to appear for good reason: it creates real value for their publications because it leads readers to their websites, helping them to generate profits advertising for your business. “
The new Copyright Act dubbed” Lassalle law “in reference to the Secretary of Culture of Spain, José María Lassalle, comes into force on January 1. The legislation includes that has been coined as ‘canon AEDE’ (or ‘Google tax’ ), a canon by which requires aggregators (Collector news or stories published on the website) to pay to use protected content.
Spanish Association of Publishers of Periodicals (AEEPP) -of which form part 20minutes – along publishers in other countries of the European Union such as Germany, France and Italy, went this past Wednesday and Economics Society Commissioner Günther Oettinger for Digital “demanding that the EU maintains its leading role in the defense of the free flow of information throughout Europe ” and the fundamental right of access to that information.
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