In the first round, Google will pay more than 300 publishers in the European Union, while Meta will lower the fees.
Google has agreements Occurred, which pays more than 300 publishers for the news they produce in the European Union. It also provides a tool for other actors to submit their claims.
Due to data protection laws in the European Union, Google and other online platforms will also be required to pay musicians, authors, performers, publishers and journalists if they use their work. These parties have long urged governments to persuade them to pay commissions on online platforms. Australia opened the line more aggressively, and Canada introduced a similar law last month.
Google has now signed in Europe with publishers in Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland and Hungary. More negotiations are said to be underway, and more details are expected, but the amounts will not be revealed. Most of the agreements mainly involve German papers, but with one tool, thousands of publishers can apply to the company in the coming months: Show Google snippets and article previews for a licensing fee.
Meta name on a similar topic went out: The information knows that Meta wants to reduce the amounts in the agreements of recent years and pay less for the news from now on. Meta says fewer people have clicked on the news on its community page because Donald Trump is not the president of the United States. However, the most likely reason is that Meta has repeatedly indicated that it is preparing for significant cost cuts due to the very losing metaverse.
