France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fantastic on Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday for failing to conform totally with non permanent orders it had given in a row with the nation’s news publishers.
News publishers APIG, SEPM and AFP accuse the tech large of getting did not open talks in good religion with them to seek out frequent floor for the remuneration of reports content material on-line, beneath a latest EU directive that creates so-called “neighbouring rights”.
The case in itself centered on whether or not Google breached non permanent orders issued by the antitrust authority, which demanded such talks happen inside three months with any information publishers that ask for them.
