Google and a trade group representing almost 300 French newspapers have achieved a new agreement on content publishing rights, the two parties announced on Thursday.
According to a joint statement, the agreement indicated that negotiations on how much to pay publications for utilising their material in Google search results, which began in September, were successful.
In January, Google and the French publishers’ lobby announced that they had reached an agreement on a copyright framework that would allow the US internet giant to pay news publishers for online content, paving the way for individual licencing arrangements.
The latest agreement “sets out the principles under which Google will negotiate individual license agreements and terms of remuneration with Alliance members”, the statement said.
