Google attacks EU copyright owner plan

Google has attacked an EU plan designed to ensure copyright owners get a fairer share of income, saying the measures would force it to vet text, video, and images before they can be shared on its YouTube service.

“This would effectively turn the internet into a place where everything uploaded to the web must be cleared by lawyers before it can find an audience,” it said in a blog post after the European Commission unveiled draft rules that would also allow newspapers to demand payment when services such as Google News run their articles.

Google, owned by Alphabet, is already fighting three EU antitrust probes into search, phone software, and advertising.