MADRID, 11 December (IRIN) –
The Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, José Ignacio Wert, believes that Google is ahead in making the decision to close Google News in Spain because financial compensation to publishers by aggregators, contained in the Copyright Act, must first be negotiated between the parties. Thus, he explained that, despite the entry into force in January 2015, there are aspects of the standard, as mentioned, that “pending regulatory development” for practical application.
” For the application of this compensation we would Earrings regulatory development that mark the way to negotiate between aggregators and media holders of intellectual property rights, how you can get to such compensation, and the decision of Google is ahead to the regulatory development, “stressed Wert.
This was stated in the halls of Congress, after news that the search engine Google News will close next December 16 in response to the inalienable right to financial compensation collected in the aforementioned law, which takes effect in January 2015, for publishers by news aggregators that index their content.
Asked about the damage that the decision means Google can generate more small Internet, added that whoever considers the decommissioning of aggregation by any aggregator no advantage to it, either because I would not get compensated either because he thinks that reduction of traffic is bad for him, you can always negotiate with the aggregator.
In any case, sources of this department have pointed to Europa Press that this negotiation does not mean in any way to waive the right which by law is “indispensable” but the media associations, mainly AEDE and aggregators should be made to negotiate the terms of this compensation, but there must always be a minimum remuneration. The same sources added that this indispensability pursued avoid prosecution process as has happened in countries like Germany.
The minister has said that the “sole purpose” of this provision is “just” that of “protect the media, ie the media are the beneficiaries of that compensation.”
“Our conviction, which is in line with other laws, and what you want to do the EU, that this issue must be resolved as a balanced consideration of the rights of both parties, “insisted
Minister.The Education, Culture and Sports has said that the purpose of this fee is to protect to the media. In any case, he assured that this decision will lead to a restriction of access to online news.
He also insisted that users will not have to pay any compensation for the use of these services, nor will see private information.
On the other hand, Wert stressed that this is a “business decision”, in which the government should not enter, being political of a company.
According assured, this decision “in no way implies any restriction of access to the news for the users”, either through the media themselves and search engines operating, or through other aggregators other than Google.
Finally, Wert recalled that in the context of the EU, the new Commissioner responsible just said, referring to Google, to the extent where there is a use by Google of a material subject to copyright in the field of EU it must pay fair compensation.
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