
巴黎,10月29日:巴黎上诉法院周四表示,Meta Platforms就法国监管机构因媒体机构出版权实施的临时措施提起的上诉失败。
PARIS, Oct 29 : Meta Platforms has lost its appeals against interim measures imposed by French regulators over media organisations' publishing rights in the Paris Court of Appeals, the court said on Thursday.
法国法律要求通讯社和出版商授权其作品的数字复制,并有权获得报酬。Meta曾与新闻机构谈判以达成付费协议,但谈判从未完成。
French law requires that press agencies and publishers authorise digital reproduction of their work and are entitled to payment for their work. Meta negotiated with press organisations to reach agreements for payment, but the talks were never completed.
这些机构随后向法国监管机构求助,后者于7月对Meta发布了两项临时措施,要求Meta与新闻机构谈判,向其提供关于其社交媒体平台收入和受保护内容使用情况的信息,并不得降低新闻内容的展示方式。Meta于8月对这些决定提出上诉,法院周四驳回了上诉。
The organisations, in turn, reached out to French regulators, who issued two interim measures against Meta in July, requiring Meta to negotiate with press organisations, provide them with information about the revenue of its social media platforms and the use of protected content and not to degrade the manner of displaying content from the press. Meta appealed those decisions in August, which the court rejected on Thursday.
法院在声明中表示:“法院认定,Meta的做法,特别是其用于确定应向新闻出版商支付的‘邻接权’金额的方法,可能构成滥用支配地位,这在欧盟和法国竞争法下均被禁止。”Meta发言人表示,这家科技巨头对该裁决感到失望。
"The Court concluded that Meta's practices, specifically regarding the methods used to determine the amounts payable as 'neighboring rights' to press publishers, may constitute an abuse of a dominant position, which is prohibited under both European and French competition law," the court said in a statement. A Meta spokesperson said the tech giant was disappointed by the ruling.
“我们正在评估后续步骤,但将继续遵守临时措施并诚信谈判,希望出版商也能这样做,”该发言人说。
"We are assessing next steps but will continue to comply with the interim measures and negotiate in good faith, and hope the publishers will do the same," the spokesperson said.