Europe Adopts Tough New Online Copyright Rules Over Tech Industry Protests – The New York Times

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Europe Adopts Tough New Online Copyright Rules Over Tech Industry Protests

The strict copyright law will require Google and other technology companies to compensate musicians, authors and news publishers.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/business/europe-copyright-internet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

On Tuesday, the media industry got some help on that front with the European parliament’s adoption of a copyright law that requires technology platforms to sign licensing agreements with musicians, authors and news publishers in order to post their work online.