PARIS (AFP) - France's competition regulator said Thursday (April 9) that Google must start paying media groups for displaying their content, ordering it to begin negotiations after refusing for months to comply with Europe's new digital copyright law.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - France's competition regulator said Thursday that Google must start paying media groups for displaying their content, ordering it to begin negotiations after refusing for months to comply with Europe's new digital copyright law.
The new rule on so-called"neighbouring rights" is designed to ensure news publishers are compensated when their work is shown on websites, search engines and social media platforms. Media groups and news agency Agence France-Presse lodged a complaint with the competition regulator last November. "Google helps Internet users find news content from many sources and the results are always based on relevance, not trade agreements," it said in a statement to AFP last year.
While the law does include the option of free licenses, the competition regulator questioned Google's position that generally no remuneration would be paid for the display of any protected content.
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