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The new coalition, set up with Merkel’s Christian Democrats and the Free Democratic Party says “The Internet cannot be a copyright-free zone,” in a document describing its policies. If the policies are made actual publishers could be able to claim royalties for their content. Which would mean Google would have to pay them.

The proposal is supported by publishers like Axel Springer and Hubert Burda Media. On the other hand German bloggers oppose. They believe this is only good for publishers and that it runs against the spirit of openness that characterizes the internet.

yeah right try to stop the Internet Angie!

Maybe the German Internet need some treatment as China (Google gonna filter copyrighted content).

I'm from Germany and I live in the Netherlands, surfing German sites is very strange because the "German" Internet has so many pages as other countries 5-10 years ago. Germany will have big problems in a few years if the run after the Internet facts (like they did for early computer technology)