Google to boycott, stop indexing French sites over pay-for-search bill

In a letter send to the government in Paris, internet giant Google threatens to stop crawling and indexing websites of the French media due to a fee demanded by press editors and backed by the France’s Culture Minister, according to AFP.

Last September, French publishers asked the government to issue a pay-for-search bill, -a kind of extension of the copyright law-, aimed at charging search engines, e.g. Google, over content when indirect use of their products.

Under the proposed law, Google would have to pay an amount for the reading an each article by websurfers.

“Google can not accept the establishment of such a law which calls into question its own existence and is therefore forced to stop giving references to French sites,” the company wrote in a letter sent to several ministerial offices. Google points out that it “redirects four billion ‘clicks’ per month to the French websites”.
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On the other side,the Minister of Culture, Aurelie Filippetti, spoke in favor of this type of tax.

In its statement, Google claims that “in reality, the purpose of this tax is to prohibit unpaid references”. “Such a law would restrict the free access to information, reduce the number of indexed French sites to which reference is made on the internet, but it will also slow down the innovation”, said the American group.

The bill in its current form provides default compensation for references but those who fail payment are liable to a three-year prison term or a 300,000 euro fine. Google draws attention that these facts will only amplify conflicts and limit the development of the Internet”.