Europe’s top court has defeated the appeal of Facebook parent Meta Platforms against a system put in place by Italy’s communications regulator, AGCOM, to negotiate licensing terms for the use of content from news outlets.
The ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) means that Meta will have to continue working with AGCOM under its framework for compensating publishers whose content it uses in feeds.
Meta had argued AGCOM overstepped its authority in instituting the system for negotiating licensing fees between online platforms and publishers, which it said was not justified by a 2019 reform of EU copyright rules.
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