Google Scores Copyright Win

BERLIN—Google Inc. won a key victory in Europe as German lawmakers approved a watered-down copyright bill that would protect the Internet search giant from having to pay fees for displaying links to news articles.

The legislation, which was passed in the lower house of Germany's parliament Friday, would continue to give Google and other search engines free rein when publishing small scraps of text from news stories in search results.

Its language is a sharp turn from the bill's original draft, which would allowed newspapers and other print publishers to stop search companies from showing text snippets, unless they paid ...

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