EP Cultural and Creative Industries Intergroup (2C2I)
A first step towards fair remuneration for authors in the digital world has been made!
Un premier pas vers la juste rémunération des créateurs !
Issues
Reactions to the European Commission’s decision on Google Shopping
CEPIC submitted a ccompetition complaint at the European Commission in November 2013. In April 2016, there followed a second competition complaint of Getty Images. Google is accused of leveraging its dominant position in general web search to favour its own service: Google Images.
Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service – Factsheet
European Commission – Fact Sheet – The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
CEPIC welcomes the Decision of the European Commission in the Google search shopping case
CEPIC looks forward to the European Commission intensifying its investigations in other specialized search services such as the image sector.
Commission launches public consultation on Database Directive
The Commission has launched a public consultation on the Database Directive “to understand better how the Database Directive is used, to evaluate its impact on users and to identify possible needs of adjustment”. Deadline to respond is 30 August 2017.
Meet The Author in pictures
Our thanks to CEPIC member Agency Belga and their photographer Filip de Smet who photographed the conference Meet the Author.
Criticism of the new Google Image Search
The picture industry meets Google in Berlin.
Antitrust: Commission publishes final report on e-commerce sector inquiry
Fact Sheet from the final report by the European Commission on the e-commerce sector inquiry and antitrust issues.
World’s Press Calls on President Trump to Stop Targeting Media
27 March 2017, A new open letter to President Trump to reject his repeared accusation that media is the ‘enemy of the American People’
Open Internet Project Press Conference: “A New Fight”
Paris, 8th March 2017, the OIP announced a new complaint against Google for its anti-competitive practices.
