Google's French publisher fund leads rest of Europe to ask for payments

Google Inc. is being asked by the European Publishers Council to extend the payments it is giving French newspapers to the rest of Europe. "The situation is very bad for media groups (in Europe). This use is carried out without the authorization from copyright holders or without any payment in return. So, all aggregators, like Google, should pay. Google's openness to negotiate and talk looks like a good step that must now be followed in other (European) countries," European Publishers Council head… Reported by bizjournals 2 days ago.