时间：2022-10-22 11:04:26
Fearing web search engines such as Google are encroaching on their ability to generate revenue, newspaper publishers plan to launch an automated system for granting permission for use of their content.
Buoyed by a Belgian court ruling that Google was infringing on the copyright of French and German language newspapers by reproducing article snippets in search results, the publishers said they planned to start testing the service before the end of the year.
"This system is intended to remove completely any rights conflicts between publishers and search engines." said Gavin O'Reilly, chairman of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
The cost of the project, known as the Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), was not disclosed, though the publishers have budgeted $785,000 to seek advice from third-party experts.
The pilot program stems from the huge popularity of search engines, which automatically return search results from newspapers, magazines and books, and usually link back to a publication's own website. Many publishers feel, however, that the search engines are becoming publishers themselves by aggregating and occasionally creating their own content.
Courts have generally upheld the legality of the way search engines operate, and the Belgian ruling against Google marks an unprecedented crackdown. Google has appealed the decision.
搜索引擎与出版商的权益之争
由于担心Google等网络搜索引擎侵犯本企业的创收能力，报纸出版商计划启动自动许可系统规范对其内容的使用。
比利时的一个法庭裁定：由于在搜索结果中复制了一小部分内容，Google侵犯了一些法文和德文报纸的版权，受该裁定结果的鼓舞，出版商表示计划在年底前开始测试服务。
世界报纸协会（WAN）的主席盖文・奥瑞力说：“这个系统的目的是为了彻底消除出版商与搜索引擎间的权益冲突。”
自动内容获得议定书(ACAP)项目的成本尚未公布，尽管出版商已拿出785，000美元的预算来向第三方专家征询建议。
这一堪称前沿的方案起因于搜索引擎受到广泛欢迎，因为它能自动从报刊、杂志、书籍、刊物中获取搜索结果，而且通常会链接到出版物自己的网站。但是，许多出版商认为，通过汇总、有时编写搜索内容，搜索引擎自己也成了出版商。
法律对搜索引擎的运行方式已经作了大致的规定，比利时法庭的裁决是对Google的空前打击，Google已对这一裁决进行了上诉。（Joseph Leu/编译）