CJEU backs publisher remuneration rules for online press use
Online platforms must treat publisher-use negotiations as a regulated workflow
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The CJEU held that EU law allows Member States to require online service providers to negotiate and disclose information for fair remuneration when using press publishers’ publications online, subject to limits on authorisation choice and contractual freedom.
Why it matters
The judgment supports national press-publisher remuneration regimes under Article 15 of the Copyright Directive. Platforms using press publications may face good-faith negotiation, information-disclosure and regulator-supervised compensation processes. The limits are important: publishers must retain authorisation choice, payment must relate to actual or intended use, and authorities cannot bind the parties’ contractual freedom beyond EU-law boundaries.
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