German copyright law is unconstitutional, Yahoo says in complaint

A German copyright law that gives publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their content online is unconstitutional according to Yahoo, which has filed a complaint with Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court.The law, which came into effect last August, gives publishers exclusive commercial rights over their content online except in the case of single words or small text snippets.The exemption for small text snippets was added to allow search engines and aggregators to continue to show parts of news articles without infringing on copyright. However, publishers interpret the law differently and are demanding compensation from search engines.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]

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