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European lawmakers are considering a Europe-wide “Google tax” requiring search engines to pay publishers for linking to and using “snippets” of their work. Trouble is, the idea has already been tried in Spain and Google simply closed its News service in the country, leading to a significant drop in traffic for publishers. Another version of it is already live in Germany too and publishers ended up simply giving Google a licence to link to their work. This new proposal is all part of the European Commission’s plan for the Digital Single Market, designed to “create better access for consumers and businesses to digital goods and services across…

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