Google lashes out at German copyright 'threat'
Google (s GOOG) has launched a broadside against a proposed law in Germany that would see search engines forced to pay license fees for linking people to news stories.
Well, actually that's slightly inaccurate: the draft law would make search engines pay for reproducing newspapers' headlines and first paragraphs. So, take those away and the links are fine. Even if nobody will have the faintest idea what they're linking to.
Currently a media law storm is brewing in Germany that highlights the power of Internet news distribution and the slippery issue of copyright law infringement as well as implementation on the web. It also highlights that perhaps news providers are growing hungry for money … but we already knew that.
