World Association of Newspaper Publishers criticizes search engines
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN), an umbrella organization representing more than 18,000 newspapers, plans to take action in the future to combat the scraping of content by Internet search engines.
The umbrella organization for more than 18,000 newspapers, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), is planning to take a stand against content being tapped by Internet search engines in the future. The association is now looking for ways to
to be compensated for the content it believes has been stolen. The
Criticism is directed at news summaries, such as the
Google News, for example. The umbrella organization criticizes the fact that newspaper content is being used free of charge in order to make money from it. Back in March
In 2005, Agence France Presse took Google to court. The process is
still pending, but AFP has already obtained that the reports of the
news agency were removed from the news service. According to a report in the Financial Times, WAN does not intend to take legal action but is seeking talks with the EU Commissioners. The criticism is directed in particular at Google, because Yahoo, MSN and Ask Jeeves have so far shown themselves to be more willing to engage in dialog. Only Google maintains that all information collected by Google News should be freely available and argues that newspapers would even gain readers as a result. However, the Association of American Publishers does not share this view either. Last October, it filed a lawsuit against Google for alleged copyright infringements by the Print Library Project.
to be compensated for the content it believes has been stolen. The
Criticism is directed at news summaries, such as the
Google News, for example. The umbrella organization criticizes the fact that newspaper content is being used free of charge in order to make money from it. Back in March
In 2005, Agence France Presse took Google to court. The process is
still pending, but AFP has already obtained that the reports of the
news agency were removed from the news service. According to a report in the Financial Times, WAN does not intend to take legal action but is seeking talks with the EU Commissioners. The criticism is directed in particular at Google, because Yahoo, MSN and Ask Jeeves have so far shown themselves to be more willing to engage in dialog. Only Google maintains that all information collected by Google News should be freely available and argues that newspapers would even gain readers as a result. However, the Association of American Publishers does not share this view either. Last October, it filed a lawsuit against Google for alleged copyright infringements by the Print Library Project.
