Grumpy Old Geeks Topics European news excerpt rules Topic European news excerpt rules 2 mentions in 1 episode A German listener describes a proposal allowing news publishers to charge for use of article excerpts. Mentions 282: An Apple Under My Butt Sep 20, 2018 58:58 The link tax gives the copyright holders of news articles ... the right to charge Google for using excerpts. 59:18 This law is already in effect in Germany.