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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Roy Greenslade

Publishers restrict search engines' access

Leading news organisations are seeking to restrict access to their content by search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Publishers believe the current blocking system is not strong enough. According to Angela Mills Wade, executive director of the European Publishers Council, it does not give sites "enough flexibility to express our terms and conditions on access and use of content." (Via International Herald Tribune)

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