Publishers get another win as France says Google must look at paying for content
Google says it’s already close to a deal with French publishers and has already pledged to pay $1bn to publishers globally
08 October 2020 - 13:33
Paris — Google must open talks with publishers in France about paying to use their content, an appeals court confirmed on Thursday, paving the way for an industry-wide deal in the country.
The ruling may reverberate outside France, as it compels Google to sit down with publishers and news agencies to find a way to remunerate them under the “neighbouring right” enshrined in revamped EU copyright rules, which allows publishers to demand a fee from online platforms for showing news snippets...
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