Press publishers will counterattack after Google's unilateral decision, which refuses to pay them when the 'neighbouring right' (droit voisin), a new mechanism supposed to promote better sharing of digital revenues, comes into force in France on Oct 24, 2019. — AFP
PARIS: French media firms said Oct 24 that they would drag Google before the country's competition regulator over its refusal to compensate them for displaying their content in defiance of a strict new EU copyright law.
The APIG press alliance, which groups dozens of national and regional newspapers, said it would also press the French government to take action against the US Internet giant.
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