The Agence France-Presse is suing Elon Musk's X over news content payments

Elon Musk and X, the site formerly known as Twitter, are in more legal trouble. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) is suing X for not engaging in discussions about payment to the French publisher in exchange for its articles appearing on the platform. In 2019, France passed neighboring rights legislation, extending copyright law to content produced by news publishers, such as text and videos, for two years after release. The law requires any sites that share this work to negotiate with the publishers about remuneration instead of sharing it without compensation for its creators. This is bizarre. They want us to pay *them* for traffic to their site where they make advertising revenue and we don’t!?— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 3, 2023In its press release, the AFP stated that it has "expressed its concerns over the clear refusal from Twitter (recently rebranded as 'X') to enter into discussions regarding the implementation of neighbouring rights for the press. These rights were established to enable news agencies and publishers to be remunerated by digital platforms which retain most of the monetary value generated by the distribution of news content."X isn't the first tech company AFP has gone up against. In 2020, France's competition authority ordered Google to enter negotiations with publishers, and, while it reached an agreement in early 2021, the company was fined €500 million ($546 million) later that year for not reaching a fair agreement. In that case, part of the... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2023-08-03 10:55:01 UTC ]
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The Reading Agency is relaunching its Reading Ahead literacy programme on 1st February with a new digital platform, and support from authors including Andy McNab, Adele Parks and Martina Cole. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-29 07:05:59 UTC ]
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Germany’s Bookwire and Denmark’s Saga Egmont: Spanish-Language Content

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-28 18:48:43 UTC ]
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Jamie-Lee Nardone from Black Crow PR on starting your own agency

Jamie-Lee Nardone, the founder of the newly set up boutique marketing and events agency Black Crow, shares her process for setting up her own PR agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 15:07:37 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Press Distribution Begins Internal Audit Following Employee Allegations

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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School Libraries and Their Fight Against Fake News

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[ Book Riot | 2021-01-25 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Owlet Press lands Eagleton's modern Little Mermaid tale

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 00:28:56 UTC ]
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Comma Press anthology explores US foreign policy through fiction

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 23:34:53 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press Puts Its Full ‘World Classics’ List Online

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-15 21:53:45 UTC ]
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Andersen Press to relaunch online story sessions with Seven Stories

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-15 10:26:35 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 23:35:15 UTC ]
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[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-01-12 13:23:07 UTC ]
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