EU's top court rules Italy can require Meta to negotiate and pay news publishers for content use
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The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled that EU copyright law does not prevent individual member states like Italy from requiring tech companies such as Meta to negotiate and fairly compensate news publishers for using their content. The ruling came after Meta challenged Italy's AGCOM regulatory authority in court. This decision supports Italy's right to enforce its own news compensation laws and could set a precedent for other EU countries seeking to make big tech pay for news content.
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· 3 pulledMeta must comply with Italian law requiring it to negotiate with and fairly compensate news publishers for the the use of their content, according to a ruling by the Europe's highest court on Tuesday.
The decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that EU copyright law doesn't prohibit individual countries from setting up systems that give news publishers power to negotiate compensation terms and regulatory bodies the authority to enforce national law.
The ruling comes after Meta sued Italy's national telecommunications regulatory agency (AGCOM) in Italian court in 202
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