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13 September 2019CopyrightRory O'Neill

Google avoids German copyright payout after govt bungle

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) yesterday handed a victory to Google, after it ruled that a German law allowing publishers to demand royalties for the use excerpts of their content is unenforceable.

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