Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Sweden, Denmark Preparing 'Australian-Style' Laws That Will Press Facebook to Pay for News Content - Sputnik International

Sweden and Denmark are both eyeing copyright laws that may force digital platforms pay media sites for the ability to share news content.

The proposal, intended to grant publishers and media companies the right to demand compensation whenever their journalism is disseminated on digital platforms, has been welcomed by the Swedish Media Publishers' Association.

    “We want newspapers to have the opportunity to spread their content online. But we also want the global tech giants to pay for the use of journalism and we want more fair and reasonable competition conditions,” the trade organisation's acting CEO Thomas Mattsson told national broadcaster SVT.

According to Mattson, the change in legislation will be promoted in accordance with a copyright directive adopted by the EU in April 2019....sputnik

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