France’s press copyright overhaul could shift platform payment disputes
By Inbar Preiss ( October 21, 2026, 22:51 GMT | Comment) -- France is passing a new law to give communications regulator Arcom powers to settle neighboring-rights payment disputes between news publishers and online services. This would offer an alternative to competition enforcement, while raising questions over the reach of national intervention under EU copyright law.France's plan to give its communications regulator powers to settle payment disputes between news publishers and online platforms could reduce reliance on competition investigations that have repeatedly targeted Google and, more recently, Meta....
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