By AGENCIESMore by this AuthorParis,France’s competition regulator said Thursday that Google must start paying media groups for displaying their content, ordering it to begin negotiations after refusing for months to comply with Europe’s new digital copyright law. The agency said it “requires Google, within three months, to conduct negotiations in good faith with publishers and news agencies on the remuneration for the re-use of their protected contents”. NEIGHBOURING RIGHTSThe new rule on so-called “neighbouring rights” is designed to ensure news publishers are compensated when their work is shown on websites, search engines and social media platforms. Media groups and news agency Agence France-Presse lodged a complaint with the competition regulator last November. France’s Culture ministry, which subsidises much of the media sector, welcomed the injunction.

Source: Daily Nation April 10, 2020 12:33 UTC