Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start paying select media outlets to display content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years.
The company has set aside more than US$1 billion to cover the program’s first three years, and will extend the program beyond that, Google said in a statement on Thursday. The search giant will pay publishers to provide blurbs for its news app and to give readers free access to certain paywalled articles, Google said.
But not all publishers are convinced of Google’s new program. “By launching a product, they can dictate terms and conditions, undermine legislation designed to create conditions for a fair negotiation, while claiming they are helping to fund news production,” said Angela Mills Wade, Executive Director of the European Publishers Council, referring to an EU copyright directive that allows news outlets to seek payment from internet sites that display their articles.
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