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A new Spanish intellectual property law is set to take effect on January 1, which will require aggregators to pay to link content from news publishers. As a response to the law, Google announced on Thursday that it would be closing Google News in Spain. In addition to that, it will also block reports from Spanish publishers from over 70 Google News international editions. “This new legislation requires every Spanish publication to charge services like Google News for showing even the smallest snippet from their publications, whether they want to or not,” said head of Google News Richard Gingras in a blog. “As Google News itself makes no money (we do not show any advertising on the site) this...
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In early November, Amazon launched the Kindle Lending Library program. It allows Amazon Prime subscribers and Kindle owners to "borrow" one book a month, return it, and check out another. There's no cost to the reader, though Amazon actually purchases a copy of each book at their own expense in order to satisfy contractual obligations to authors. According to the company, the Lending Library has proved to be a hit, and it's earning a return for the authors that participate in the Kindle Direct Publishing program as well. Those who publish through KDP can choose to allow their books to be part of the Kindle Owner Lending Library (KOLL) and earn a return from interest in their books. The company's...
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