Microsoft teams up with EU publishers on news payments
Microsoft and European media groups want Australia-style agreement to 'mandate payments'
22 February 2021 - 19:44
Brussels — Microsoft and European media groups on Monday urged EU regulators to require online platforms to seek arbitration in disagreements over how to share revenues with news publishers, a sticking point in the spat between Facebook and Australia.
The EU's 2019 overhauled copyright rules, which force Alphabet unit Google and other online platforms to sign licensing agreements with musicians, authors and news publishers to use their work, are not sufficient, Microsoft and the publishers said...
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