content: Germany took the lead here (as it is tradition with stupid internet laws). But unlike in Spain, publishers in Germany can opt out. So the intended result of the law (to milk Google) has not been achieved, as every publisher did in fact opt out.    Result of this stupidity: Some press aggregators have closed and the position of Google as the dominating search engine has been cemented. Well done, morons.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancillary_copyright_for_press_publishers PS I am German and also further info for @acceleraptor