Paris: FranceAntitrust watchdog fines Alphabet 500 million euros ($593 million) Google For failing to fully comply with the temporary orders given to the country’s news publishers on Tuesday.
The US tech giant will have to come up with proposals within the next two months on how it will compensate news agencies and other publishers for their use of news stories. If he does not do so, he will have to pay an additional fine of up to 900,000 euros per day.
News Publishers APIG, SEPM and AFP The tech giant was recently accused of failing to negotiate in good faith with them to find common ground for remuneration of news content under one. ME Directive that creates the so-called “neighboring authority”.
The case itself centered on whether Google violated provisional orders issued by the Antitrust Authority, which demands such conversations to take place within three months with any news publisher seeking it.
APIG, which represents most of the major print news publishers (Le Figaro, Le Monde etc.), remains one of the plaintiffs, despite having signed a framework agreement, as it has been stayed pending antitrust judgment, sources told Reuters.
The US tech giant will have to come up with proposals within the next two months on how it will compensate news agencies and other publishers for their use of news stories. If he does not do so, he will have to pay an additional fine of up to 900,000 euros per day.
News Publishers APIG, SEPM and AFP The tech giant was recently accused of failing to negotiate in good faith with them to find common ground for remuneration of news content under one. ME Directive that creates the so-called “neighboring authority”.
The case itself centered on whether Google violated provisional orders issued by the Antitrust Authority, which demands such conversations to take place within three months with any news publisher seeking it.
APIG, which represents most of the major print news publishers (Le Figaro, Le Monde etc.), remains one of the plaintiffs, despite having signed a framework agreement, as it has been stayed pending antitrust judgment, sources told Reuters.
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