Google News, which links to third-party content, was forced
to shut down in Spain in late 2014 in response to a law that forced it to pay a
collective license fee to republish news headlines or news snippets.
EU law, which all member states must adopt, requires
platforms like Google, Facebook and others to share revenue with publishers but
also removes collective fees and allows them to reach individual or group
agreements with publishers.
Google said it wanted to bring its news service back to
Spain but would analyze the law carefully before making a firm commitment.
"Based on preliminary information ... conditions look
promising for a potential launch of Google News in Spain. However, we will need
to look at the final legislation before making a formal announcement," a
spokesperson said in an email.
Spain's Ministry of Culture said the new law brings national
copyright laws into step with the digital environment and will help artists and
creators to receive fair remuneration for their work.
Arsenio Escolar, chairman of the publisher association
CLABE, which groups around 1,000 news outlets including leading digital brands
such as El Espanol and Eldiario.es, said he was pleased with the new law.
"We are satisfied that media publishers have regained
control of our rights management, hijacked several years ago by laws that we at
CLABE have always considered unfair and dangerous," he said in an email to
partners.
Reuters reported in February that several publishers
represented by the AMI media association, most of whom represented the old
custodians of traditional media, were in favor of keeping the old system. AMI
declined to comment on the matter.
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