CRTC give Google Online News Act exemption
By Derek Winkler
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has issued a decision that will, according to the organization, “pave the way” for Google to pay $100 million per year into the Canadian Journalism Collective instead of bargaining with individual news organizations. The CRTC has granted Google a five-year exemption for the Online News Act, which requires online services to compensate Canadian news organizations for news content made available through these services. This is the CRTC’s first decision regarding exemptions to these regulations. The Canadian Journalism Collective will distribute the money to eligible news organizations.
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