Last week Facebook banned news in Australia as a protest against an upcoming law that required online platforms to reach contracts to pay news outlets for content, or agree on a price through arrangement.
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Microsoft and European media groups on Monday urged EU regulators to call on online platforms to seek compromise in disagreement over how they can share revenue with news publishers , which is a point in the spat between Facebook and Australia.
The EU’s 2019 copyright rules, which require Google’s Alphabet unit and other online platforms to sign licensing agreements with musicians, authors and news publishers for their work, do not used, enough, Microsoft and the publishers said.
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“This is the next step,” said Microsoft Vice President Casper Klynge, adding that the company already shares revenue with publishers through their Microsoft News product .
Last week Facebook banned news in Australia as a protest against an upcoming law that required online platforms to reach contracts to pay news outlets for content, or agree on a price through arrangement.
The call by Microsoft, the European Journal Media Association, the European Newspaper Publishers Association, the Council of European Publishers and News Media Europe comes as EU lawmakers come up for talks with the European Commission and EU countries about rules to modernize in US tech giants.
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“Even though news publishers have a neighboring right, they may not have the economic strength to negotiate fair and equitable contracts with these gateway technical companies, which can threaten to walk away from co-op settling or leaving markets altogether, “they said in a statement.