Microsoft Agrees With Australia- Tech Giants Should Pay For News

Microsoft Agrees With Australia- Tech Giants Should Pay For News.

MICROSOFT has leaned on the side of the press in an escalating debate over whether tech giants should be forced to pay news organisations for content. The tech giant is backing an Australia-style system alongside Europe’s press publishers, in a bid to ensure they are fairly remunerated.

Taking inspiration from Australia, Microsoft, along with four EU news lobby groups, are calling for a mechanism to “mandate payments” and “to ensure that fair agreements are negotiated”.

Christian Van Thillo, chairman of the European Publishers Council, said: “We welcome Microsoft’s recognition of the value that our content brings to the core businesses of search engines and social networks because this is where Google and Facebook generate the vast majority of their revenues,”

“It is crucial that our regulators recognise this key point, and don’t get misled into thinking that side deals on the basis of a stand-alone product are the same thing, because they are not at all and undermine the neighbouring rights that we have been granted. All publishers should get an agreement – no-one should be left out.”

Microsoft is working with the European Publishers Council, News Media Europe, the European Magazine Media Association and the European Newspaper Publishers’ Association.

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