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<h2 class="posttitle"> German Parliament Votes To Protect News
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<small>Published on 22 March 2013 @ 4:21 pm</small>
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<p>Intellectual Property Watch</p>
<p>By Monika Ermert for <em>Intellectual Property Watch</em></p>
<p>Munich – A controversial update to German copyright law providing
for an auxiliary protection for tiny extracts from press articles
has been finally passed by the German Upper House (“Bundesrat”). </p>
<p>What has been characterised and campaigned against as a “lex
Google” not only by Google, but also by Germany’s industry
associations, journalist associations and activists alike shall
prevent internet platforms from using publishers’ content without
licensing (and payment) except for “single words” or “minimal
extracts”. </p>
<p>The legislation originally targeting Google’s news services has
been heavily criticised by the opposition in German Parliament and
was passed against the votes of Social Democrats, Green Party and
the Left on 1 March. Yet the Social Democrats caved before the
vote today and accepted what they themselves had called a very bad
law. The Green Party, which had hoped the law could be delayed
until after the election, called it a “legislative botch”.</p>
<p>Statements in German follow: </p>
<p>Bundesrat statement is <a
href="http://www.bundesrat.de/cln_320/nn_8538/DE/presse/pm/2013/080-2013.html?__nnn=true"
target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
<p>Green Party press release is <a
href="http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/presse/pressemitteilungen_ID_2000147/2013/maerz/leistungsschutzrecht-handwerklicher-pfusch-von-schwarz-gelb-passiert-ohne-not-den-bundesrat_ID_4387902_ID_4387902.html"
target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
<p>Social Democrats’ press release is <a
href="http://www.spd.de/presse/Pressemitteilungen/93838/20130321_peer_leistungsschutzrecht.html;jsessionid=0B0BF9FDBBD4E2E49A1927DA699CC3FC"
target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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