Google will compensate newspapers in France for displaying content after being fined 500 million euros.
Approximately 300 national, regional, and local news groups will benefit.
247 Google has reached an agreement with an alliance of French newspapers and will now compensate publishers for displaying content they produce in online searches. This move comes eight months after the search giant was fined €500 million in France.
According to a report by website Media Talks, Google, and APIG (Alliance of the General Information Press) issued a joint statement highlighting that the agreement represents "a historic step in the enforcement" of related rights.
France is a pioneer in this achievement. Just as in Australia, which has more advanced laws on this matter, the two major digital media companies, Google and Facebook, have tried to resist pressure from the media industry by arguing that news organizations already benefit from being exposed on these platforms.
Around 300 national, regional, and local news groups will benefit.
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