French regulators have announced that Google, a major IT company, will impose sanctions of around 65 billion yen in Japanese yen for not sincerely negotiating with the press over the usage fees for articles displayed on its services.
In April last year, French regulators ordered Google to negotiate with the press about royalties for articles displayed on its services.
Regulators announced on the 13th that they would impose sanctions of 500 million euros and about 65 billion yen in Japanese yen, saying that Google could not be considered to be negotiating in good faith.
He then ordered the press to propose the usage fee for the article within two months, and if he did not comply, he would be fined up to 900,000 euros per day and nearly 120 million yen in Japanese yen.
"Companies are obliged to strictly enforce their orders, but unfortunately they weren't," the top regulator said in a statement.
"The authorities' decision was primarily about negotiations until September last year, and negotiations with the press have continued since then. I'm very disappointed," Google said in a statement.
There has been a series of demands for compensation for the use of articles by major IT companies such as Google, and a law has been passed in Australia that effectively requires payment of usage fees.