Paris: Antitrust Watchdog France slapped a fine of 500 million euros ($ 593 million) on Google Alphabet on Tuesday because it failed to fully comply with the temporary order given in a row by the issuer of the State News.
The US technology giant must in the next two months coming with a proposal about how it will compensate for other news agencies and publishers for the use of their news.
If you don’t do that, it will face an additional fine of up to 900,000 euros per day.
Publishers News Apig, Sepm and AFP accused the technology giant for failing to open the conversation with good faith with them to find a shared foundation for the remuneration of news content online, under the recent EU direction that created “neighbor rights”.
The case itself focuses on whether Google violates the temporary order issued by the Antitrust Authority, which requires such conversation lasting within three months with the news publisher who asked for it.
Apig, which represents most of the main print news publishers (Le Figaro, Le Monde etc.), remains one of the Plaintiffs, even though it has signed a framework agreement, because it has been postponed at the delayed antitrust decision, the source has told Reuters.