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by Semaphor 2449 days ago
No, not even close. Just like in Spain, where they passed a law forbidding publishers to allow google to show snippets for free.
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Except in the EU version, enforcing the press publishing rights is optional (optional to the news org)
Is this true?
Summary article:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-google-news-effect-spain-r...

"Yet the report points out that 'substitution effect' is very small in comparison to the 'market expansion effect' that aggregators cause. According to the research, aggregation services reduce search times and allow readers to consume more news overall. The NERA analysis finds that in the first few months of 2015 after the introduction of the law, publishers saw traffic fall on average more than six percent, while smaller publications saw it drop by 14 percent drop."

Yes,and Google shot down Google News.

But Google was not the worst affected, smaller news aggregators like Meneame suffered more because they didn't have the finnancial muscle to pay even if they wanted