According to reports, an appeals court in France confirmed on Thursday that Google must communicate with French publishers on content payment issues, paving the way for the signing of industry agreements in the country.
This ruling may be responded to by other countries because it will force Google to work with publishers and news organizations to find ways to cooperate and provide compensation for the former in accordance with the “neighboring rights” in the newly revised European copyright law. The newly revised regulations allow publishers to charge fees for Internet platforms that use their news clips.
“This is the first case in the world,” said Isabelle de Silva, the head of French antitrust. He also added that the court actually confirmed the previous ruling of the French Competition Agency.
When referring to the cooperation between Google and the news media, De Silva commented: “Google’s behavior is equivalent to saying: I provide a contract and you transfer all the rights to me, but I will not give you a penny. .”
Google last week promised to pay US$1 billion to global news organizations over the next three years . But this is different from the latest ruling of the French court, because France plans to find a sustainable way to provide news organizations with continuous content compensation.
Google has set up Google News Showcase to compensate news organizations. It plans to launch in Germany and Brazil, and has signed agreements with important media including Der Spiegel.
Before the French court’s ruling, Google said that he was about to pass an agreement to pay French publishers for the use of news, which is the company’s latest move to appease media organizations and prevent regulators from favoring publishers.
“Our focus is still to reach agreements with French publishers and news organizations.” Google said in a statement. “Our appeal is to clarify certain aspects of the order. We will now evaluate the French Court of Appeal’s decision.”
This ruling confirms a ruling made by the French Competition Agency in April this year, when they asked Google to negotiate with publishers and news organizations to compensate publishers for reprinting protected content on online platforms .
The ruling also required Google to start negotiations with the publisher within 3 months.
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