Israeli Media Worried Over Google News’ Hebrew Aggregation Service

Israeli media is worried about the newly launched Hebrew-language version of Google News, fearing that it would bite into their business. After Walla!, another Israeli media company Ynet has disallowed Google News from aggregating its content. Google Israel had launched the local version of its news collation service last week, and Walla! had “promptly advised that it opposed allowing its content to appear on the page”. Ynet editor-in-chief Jon Feder commented that it is an internal matter. “We asked to be taken off Google News until we finish examining the ramifications of the Google mechanism on the issue of copyright,” Feder said, adding that the presence of the popular Web site’s content on Google News could lead to copyright infringement.

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