Canada news industry body backs Google's concerns about online news law

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Watch onOTTAWA - A Canadian news industry body on Thursday lent support to some of Google's concerns about a new law that aims to make large internet companies share advertising revenue with news publishers in the country.

The Online News Act, part of a global trend to make internet giants pay for news, passed the Canadian parliament in June and the government is finalizing rules that are expected to be released by a Dec. 19 deadline. "We are aligned that there should be a firm ceiling, rather than a floor on financial liability," Deegan said in the statement.

 

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