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The popular search engine aims to communicate with the rest of newspapers printed in France
After months of waiting, Google signed copyright agreements with six French newspapers and magazines, including “Le Monde”, “Le Figaro”, “Corriere International”, “Liberation” and “Observator”. The agreement follows a controversy over how to implement copyright rules in the European Union, which allow publishers to claim fees from online platforms that profit from their content, and Google refuses to comply with this law, as these French platforms and others in turn benefit from a number of traffic generated by the popular search engine. With the conclusion of this agreement, the latter revealed that it is also in talks with other local and regional French newspapers and magazines, with the aim of reaching a framework agreement with the country’s print press lobby before the end of the year. The deal with French newspapers includes allowing the two sites to take advantage of the Google News Showcase program, which offers publishers to pay for a selection of their content. The program will also allow readers to access rich content and for publishers to connect more closely with their readers. Notably, the deal came a month after a court ruling ordered the US company to start talks with publishers in France about payment for the use of its content.
