With the ‘trilogue’ process to nail down the final wording of Article 13 and the wider European copyright directive continuing, there are more salvos and counter-salvos to come. And not just around our industry: witness the separate debate this week around comments made by Google’s VP of news Richard Gingras about the so-called ‘link tax’ element (Article 11) of the legislation.
Source: IFPI and YouTube at loggerheads over $1.8bn payment figure