October 31, 2014 at 09:34Spain introduces "tax on Google"
I came to work today, read the latest news. I came across this article on the reputable news resource ria.ru.
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At first I was horrified. Well, everything, I think - it seems, among the state bodies. the authorities began a pandemic of the disease "you need to optimize the Internet." I decided to look for English-language resources on this issue. To begin with, I went to the source indicated on ria.ru.
Honestly, I’ve thought all my life that it’s not so bad with my English. If someone thinks the same to himself - try your hand at translating the most interesting paragraph of the article from thelocal.es:
Honestly read it several times. Did not help. It turned out to be too complicated for me.
Fortunately, there was a news article from Yahoo! which was written simpler:
In short: search engines will now be able to charge for displaying the text of media publications in the search results.
The tax will begin to apply very soon:
Google, which is characteristic, is unhappy.
Well, in conclusion ... I don’t know if this has slipped here before, but I have not heard such a thing. From the same article on The Local:
In general, in a year they plan to introduce this within the entire EU.
PS Interestingly, Spain - is it their test site, or what?
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The majority of deputies of the Spanish parliament on October 30 voted to adopt amendments to the law on intellectual property, according to which Internet users will have to pay for content found in search engines, reports The Local.UPD .: The news was not quite correctly translated, ria.ru fixed it.
At first I was horrified. Well, everything, I think - it seems, among the state bodies. the authorities began a pandemic of the disease "you need to optimize the Internet." I decided to look for English-language resources on this issue. To begin with, I went to the source indicated on ria.ru.
Honestly, I’ve thought all my life that it’s not so bad with my English. If someone thinks the same to himself - try your hand at translating the most interesting paragraph of the article from thelocal.es:
Under the so-called 'Google tax', money is paid to the publications and news outlets which produced the stories, texts from which are typically used to give context to the links that result from an online search.
Honestly read it several times. Did not help. It turned out to be too complicated for me.
Fortunately, there was a news article from Yahoo! which was written simpler:
Spain's parliament has approved new intellectual property laws that allow news publishers to charge aggregators each time they display news content in search results.
In short: search engines will now be able to charge for displaying the text of media publications in the search results.
The tax will begin to apply very soon:
The changes are set to be introduced on January 1st, 2015.
Google, which is characteristic, is unhappy.
Well, in conclusion ... I don’t know if this has slipped here before, but I have not heard such a thing. From the same article on The Local:
The news that Spain planned to introduce a 'google tax' comes a day after the European Union's incoming Digital Commissioner Günther Oettinger touted that plans to introduce similar charges across Europe within 12 months.
In general, in a year they plan to introduce this within the entire EU.
PS Interestingly, Spain - is it their test site, or what?