Google Appeals to German Public in Link Fee Fight

Germany's parliament on Thursday began discussing legislation that would allow the nation's news publishers to charge search engines for displaying links to, and snippets of, news articles.Before debate began, Google launched a very public campaign on its German site asking the public to oppose the legislation. The proposed law would require search engines to seek permission from publishers to display links along with snippets or teasers from news articles.

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