https://finance.yahoo.com/news/europes-proposed-copyright-laws-ruin-search-engines-164553243.html

The single most absurd part of this bundle of copyright changes—first released in outline form by the European Commission in September of 2016—is a proposal to extend publishers’ copyrights online." data-reactid="19">The single most absurd part of this bundle of copyright changes—first released in outline form by the European Commission in September of 2016—is a proposal to extend publishers’ copyrights online.

Article 11, “Protection of press publications concerning online uses,” essentially invites publishers to stop search engines—principally Google (GOOG, GOOGL), but also Yahoo, owned by Yahoo Finance’s parent firm Verizon—from showing excerpts of a story in search results unless they pay for the privilege. " data-reactid="20">Article 11, “Protection of press publications concerning online uses,” essentially invites publishers to stop search engines—principally Google (GOOG, GOOGL), but also Yahoo, owned by Yahoo Finance’s parent firm Verizon—from showing excerpts of a story in search results unless they pay for the privilege.