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

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.