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Could Australian Decision Giving Broadcasters the Right to Collectively Bargain with Tech Companies Be a Preview of Things to Come in the US?

By David Oxenford|2021-11-03T11:20:35-05:00November 3rd, 2021|Legal News|

Last week, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approved an application for Commercial Radio Australia to collectively bargain with Google and Facebook over the carriage by these tech platforms of news content from Australian radio broadcasters (press release here, application and approval here). This approval is an outgrowth of the adoption of the Australian News... Continue Reading…

Could Australian Decision Giving Broadcasters the Right to Collectively Bargain with Tech Companies Be a Preview of Things to Come in the US?

By David Oxenford|2021-11-03T11:20:35-05:00November 3rd, 2021|Legal News|

Last week, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approved an application for Commercial Radio Australia to collectively bargain with Google and Facebook over the carriage by these tech platforms of news content from Australian radio broadcasters (press release here, application and approval here). This approval is an outgrowth of the adoption of the Australian News... Continue Reading…

Copyright Office Initiates Study of “Ancillary Copyright Protections” Accorded to Publishers – Reviewing News Aggregation and Digital Media’s Use of News Content from Traditional Sources

By David Oxenford|2021-10-20T12:11:47-05:00October 20th, 2021|Legal News|

The Copyright Office, at the request of Congress, has initiated a study to examine the rights and protections of news publishers under copyright and related laws. The Office issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking public comment on a variety of issues that could extend new protections to “press publishers” and perhaps other content creators that... Continue Reading…

Making the Tech Giants Pay to Use Traditional Media News Content – Looking at the Legislative Issues

By David Oxenford|2021-03-29T22:30:45-05:00March 29th, 2021|Legal News|

A few weeks ago, the news was abuzz with the controversy over an Australian law that would make social media companies and even search engines pay for their making available content originating with traditional media outlets. While the controversy was hot, there were articles in many general interest publications asking whether that model could work... Continue Reading…

Making the Tech Giants Pay to Use Traditional Media News Content – Looking at the Legislative Issues

By David Oxenford|2021-03-29T22:30:45-05:00March 29th, 2021|Legal News|

A few weeks ago, the news was abuzz with the controversy over an Australian law that would make social media companies and even search engines pay for their making available content originating with traditional media outlets. While the controversy was hot, there were articles in many general interest publications asking whether that model could work... Continue Reading…