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  • From: Gisle Hannemyr <gisle AT ifi.uio.no>
  • To: cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [CC-Europe] Google settles dispute with French newspapers
  • Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:53:05 +0100

According to the settlement, as reported on the blog of Google's
Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt -
http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/google-creates-60m-digital-publishing.html
- Google has agreed to set up EURO 60 million "Digital Publishing
Innovation Fund", and give French news publishers access to Google's
advertising platforms at a reduced rate.

The fund seems to constitute a one time payment, and displaces an
ongoing license fee (as originally demanded by French news publishers).

While many seem to be surprised by this move on Google's part, it may
simple be an attempt by Google to stall the French government's attempt
to introduce an ancillary copyright (similar to the proposed German
“Leistungsschutzrecht”) that would meant that Google and other
advertising-funded search engines would have to share some of its
advertising revenues with news publishers.
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- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
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