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

By |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 |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…

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

By |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 |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…

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