France fined Google 59 core 30million for copyright infringement

 The French agency that monopolized the process on Tuesday fined Google 500 million euros (59 593 million).

The regulator's penalty falls on copyright, which was needed after Google failed to comply with a request from French news publishers.

The fine comes at a time when international platforms such as Google and Facebook are already under increasing international pressure to share revenue with news companies.

US tech group Google will now have to submit its proposals within the next two months on how it will compensate news agencies and other publishers for using their news.

If Google does not propose a solution within two months, the company will face an additional fine of up to 900,000 euros per day.

Google says it is disappointed with the decision, but will abide by it.

Technology company Google said: "We will make the necessary changes in accordance with the orders of the French authorities."

A Google spokesman added: "We've worked in good faith throughout the process. The imposition of fines blocks any attempt to reach an agreement and ignores the fact that the news on our platforms How do they work? ”

News publishers APIG, SEPM and AFP have accused Google of failing to show goodwill in terms of online news compensation under an agreement reached with them by the European Union.

The head of the antitrust body, Isabel de Silva, said in a statement that the regulator had noted that Google had not acted in good faith in its discussions with publishers.

APIG, which represents major French print news publishers, including Le Figaro and Le Monde, is one of the defendants. Sources told Reuters it had signed a framework agreement with Google earlier this year, the first of its kind in Europe, under which it set out a strategy to provide the highest compensation to publishers. Was gone According to sources, the framework deal has been stalled following a decision by the antitrust body.

Documents shown to Reuters show that Google has agreed to pay a group of 121 French news publishers 76 76 million over three years.