Archive for Digital Updates – 2020
Staff / Google Compensating Some French Publishers
On November 19, Google entered into a copyright agreement with six French publishers to compensate them for their content. The agreement comes after a court ... Read More
Staff / FCC Nominee Grilled on Section 230
On November 10, Nathan Simington, Trump’s nominee to replace FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, was questioned by Senators at a nominations hearing. Nathan Simington is a ... Read More
Staff / DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Google
On October 20, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 11 state Attorneys General filed a lawsuit against Google in the District Court for the District of Columbia ... Read More
Staff / Google Excludes Australia from News Showcase in Latest ACCC Retaliation
Google is delaying Australia’s inclusion in its latest news resource, after the ACCC announced its mandatory news media bargaining code requiring Google to fairly compensate news publishers ... Read More
Staff / French Court Requires Google to Negotiate with News Publishers
On October 8, a French appeals court ruled against Google, requiring them to negotiate with news publishers to pay them for their content. Prior to ... Read More
Staff / House Antitrust Subcommittee Releases Report on Big Tech
House Antitrust Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI) and the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law concluded their year-long, bipartisan investigation of big tech’s market ... Read More
