[LINK] Berlin Cabinet Approves New Web Copyright Law - Assault on Google News????

[Kim Holburn]

I just got a 404 from that link.  Is this it?

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/geld-von-google-kabinett-beschliesst-umstrittenes-leistungsschutzrecht-a-852715.html


On 2012/Aug/31, at 2:17 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> ...
>> "Publishers should be better protected on the Internet," reads a statement from Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger posted on the homepage of Germany's Justice Ministry. "They will now receive a tailor-made copyright law for their online presence."
> ...
>> Essentially, the law is an attempt to ensure that German news websites receive a share of the profits Google makes by selling ads on its news pages. Many publishing houses in Germany, led by media giant Axel Springer, have complained that aggregator sites essentially make their money by leveraging the work of others. Merkel's coalition government, which pairs her conservatives with the business-friendly Free Democrats, has been preparing a draft version of the law since 2009.
> <http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-lawmakers-propose-charging-fees-to-aggregators-like-google-a-852965.htm>
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