Should Google pay content creators and publishers for using their online contents?
The Context: The recent news, widely reported by media houses in India, that an agreement has been reached by Google with French news publishers, to pay them for use of online content, is being celebrated as a major victory for the news content producers and publishers, especially the print media and the same being the recognition of their long standing demand. It further fuels a demand for similar enabling laws to be enacted by the Parliament of India which may compel these tech behemoths like Google and Facebook to enter similar revenue sharing agreements with the Indian contents producers and news houses.