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Alliance Grows
Thanks Alliance de la Presse d’information générale and especially Samir Ouachtati for sharing insights on their initial success enforcing the DSM in France. PDLN hosted 37 publishers,…
Licensing And COVID-19
PDLN had a strong turnout for a webinar on the impact of the health crisis on press licensing in late April, with attendees from most continents. There was a universal concern for the…
Australia Says No to Isentia
On 22 April 2020 the Copyright Tribunal handed down a decision on leading local MMO Isentia’s application for the Tribunal to reduce Isentia’s interim copyright fees to the same fees that Meltwater is paying.
Opinion; France forces Google to pay publishers – and why it matters
The Thursday before an Easter weekend used to be a good day to release bad news. The only comfort Google can take from a trouncing from French regulators was that bigger sadder…
Date Set for Polish MMO Hearing
The marathon legal case Repropol have fought to establish licensing on Ploan grinds towards a conclusion, with a further appeal court date now set for 18th June. The journey has…
Google Forced to Negotiate in France
A ruling from the French competition authorities on April 9th requires Google to negotiate licence fees with French publishers. This ruling will likely encourage licensing efforts under the DSM Article 15 framework across the EU.
Vienna Conference Postponed
PDLN has confirmed that its annual conference - originally planned for Vienna in June - has been postponed till further notice. We hope that it may be possble to reconvene in the autumn. We expect to annouce some smaller scale video conference events shortly.