France has a law that requires platforms such as Google to negotiate with the media for the use of their news content in the search engine.
The Union of Magazines Publishers of France (SEPM) announced this Monday a new complaint against Google before the Competition Authority for what it considers non-compliance with the requirements issued by that body on related rights.
French law obliges internet platforms to negotiate in good faith with the media a compensation for the use of their news content in their search engines, protected by so-called related rights.
Google “is mobilizing all its economic, legal and political power to try to neutralize ”the application of the lawsaid the SEPM in a statement.
The entity indicated that it seeks “a fair and permanent digital economic model that guarantees the protection of a plural and diverse press”, As well as a better distribution of the economic performance generated by the information.
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France is the first country to introduce the European directive of 2019 that regulates related rights.
Until now, Google has reached agreements with the association that groups the newspaper publishers French and with the AFP news agency to establish a remuneration system for publishing your content online.
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The French Competition Authority has already fined the US tech giant with 500 million euros in July 2021 for not negotiating in good faith with the publishers of news content, a sanction appealed by Google before the Justice.
Facebook and the Alliance of the Press of General Interest (APIG), an entity that groups together the editors of French newspapers, announced a agreement for the payment of rights related to newspapers and the creation of Facebook News in France. (I)
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