French president warns Google over revenue row

French President Francois Hollande called Monday on Google to come to a deal over an advertising revenue row, warning that if necessary, a bill could be adopted to force Internet search engines to pay for media content.

Hollande's remarks came following a meeting with Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, which has said it would exclude French media sites from its search results if France were to adopt the bill requiring search engines to pay to link to news websites.

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