Google News vs. the Federation of German Newspaper Publishers: Google "wins"



(Short Update).

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about the conflict between Google News and the Federation of German Newspaper Publishers (see here). Today, the German publishers have decided they will continue using it after all... (see here). Whether or not it was a waste of German parliament's time, some publishers aren't still sure what they want.

It is a "victory" for Google; but also for online readers.

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