Google and the General Information Press Alliance (Apig), which represents French national and regional dailies, announced on Thursday the signing of an agreement paving the way for the remuneration of the French press by the Internet giant in title of "
neighboring right
", after turbulent negotiations.
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"
The General Information Press Alliance
and Google today announce an agreement on the remuneration of neighboring rights under French law,
" the two parties announced in a joint
press
release, stressing that it is was "
the culmination of many months of negotiations within the framework set by the Competition Authority
".
