Google × Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale (APIG)
Google and the Alliance de la Presse d'Information Générale (APIG), representing nearly 300 French publishers, finalized a framework agreement to remunerate publishers for the use of their content under France's 'droit voisin' (neighboring rights) law. [54] This agreement followed a 2021 fine of €500 million from the French Competition Authority for failure to negotiate in good faith. [57] The deal establishes the principles for individual licensing agreements but does not disclose an overall financial value. [52]
The asset
A framework agreement for the remuneration of neighboring rights, allowing Google to negotiate individual licenses for the use of content from APIG's member press publishers.
- 300 member publishers
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- news publishing
- Modalities
- text, images
- Jurisdiction
- FR
- Docket
- 22-D-13
What it means if you hold data
This was a landmark settlement under the EU's new copyright directive, establishing a precedent that requires large tech platforms to pay for the news content they display and setting a template for negotiations across Europe. [52, 57]