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AFP news agency sues Elon Musk's X over copyright issue with news sharing in Europe
- AFP news agency of France has filed a copyright case against Elon Musk's social-media platform X, previously known as Twitter, in an effort to make X pay for news it shares.
- AFP is seeking data from X to estimate fair compensation and is employing legal means to ensure the fair distribution of the value generated by the sharing of news content.
- This copyright case is part of a global battle to get tech firms like X, Facebook, and Google to pay for news on their platforms. Other big tech firms have also pushed back against paying for news in regions such as Canada and Australia.
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Elon Musk's short message service should pay for the distribution of news in France, demands AFP. The billionaire describes the lawsuit as “bizarre.”
·Hamburg, Germany
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Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter
France’s international news agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP), has said it is pursuing a copyright case against X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, in an effort to secure potential payment for its news content.
·Ketley, United Kingdom
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Total News Sources58
Leaning Left23Leaning Right9Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution51% Left
Bias Distribution
- 51% of the sources lean Left
51% Left
L 51%
C 29%
R 20%
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