FT.com: Aggregators should pay for news, says Bild publisher
April 14th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
New copyright laws are needed in Europe to stop aggregators using content from news sites for free, Mathias Dopfner, chief executive of Axel Springer, tells the Financial Times.
“Asked if he wanted to see a position where Google was contributing to Axel Springer’s costs if it was going to use its content, he said: ‘Right, yes.’,” writes the FT.
Tags: aggregators, Axel Springer, chief executive, Europe, google, Mathias Dopfner, New, paid-for content, The Financial Times
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