German court rejects suit by publishers against Google

A Berlin court rejected on Friday a legal complaint filed by German publishers which said Google was abusing its market power by refusing to pay them for displaying newspaper articles online. Germany's biggest newspaper publisher, Axel Springer, and 40 other publishers had accused Alphabet Inc's Google of unfair treatment. The conflict centered on a long-standing row over payments for newspaper content, which Google makes freely available via its online platforms Google News, YouTube and other s