Related rights: the Autorité de la concurrence imposes interim measures and orders Meta to negotiate in good faith with press agencies and publishers

Following a complaint filed by the French Society for Related Rights of the Press (Société des droits voisins de la presse – DVP) and the French Alliance of General News Media (Alliance de la presse d’information générale – APIG) regarding practices employed by Meta during negotiations on the remuneration of related rights for their members’ press content, the Autorité de la concurrence has ordered interim measures.

In particular, the complainants accuse Meta of attempting to impose its own method for calculating the remuneration to be paid for the re-use of their content on its services, while refusing to provide the complainants with the information necessary to objectively assess its remuneration offers.

In the view of the Autorité, the practices employed by Meta are likely to constitute an abuse of dominant position and cause serious and immediate harm to the press sector and the interests of the complainants.

Accordingly, the Autorité has ordered Meta to resume negotiations with DVP and APIG in good faith and, in particular, to provide the complainants with the information necessary to assess its remuneration offers within 15 days.