Google, group of French publishers sign copyright news payment deal
Google has signed a deal with a group of French publishers paving the
way for the internet giant to make digital copyright payments for online news
content.
After months of talks, Google France and the
Alliance de la Presse d'Information Generale said Thursday that they agreed to
set up a framework under which the U.S. company will negotiate individual
licensing deals with publishers.
Google has
already negotiated a few individual payment deals with some French news publishers such as
national daily paper Le Monde and weekly magazine l'Obs.
The company was forced to negotiate with publishers and news
agencies for reusing their material online under a neighboring rights" law
that took effect after France became the
first country to adopt new European Union copyright rules.
Google had initially balked at paying for news, saying new
companies benefited from the millions of readers it sends to their websites. But
last year an appeals court ordered the company to open talks with publishers.
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