Elon Musk can’t stop getting sued. This time French news publishers are suing him. Or more accurately Twitter. Here’s why:
Under EU law, digital platforms are required to negotiate with publishers to remunerate them for news reuse. After a prolonged dispute, Meta and Google have signed deals with news publishers in France.
However, X has refused to engage in negotiations with news publishers to compensate them for reusing their content (or at least so far). As a result, judges at the Paris Court of Justice will now face the complex task of determining the value of article previews shared on X.
This seems to me be another one of those FAAFO moments. He flipped off French news publishers and now they are suing him. Making this and not Bluesky gaining users and rocketing up the App Store charts or the latest Cybertruck recall his latest problem today. Most logical people would want to avoid getting sued at all or as often as Elon has. But clearly he has more money than brains as the lawsuits keep piling up.
As for this specific lawsuit. I am not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure that he’s going to lose.
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Elon Musk Adds Another Lawsuit To His Collection… This Time The French Are Suing Twitter
Elon Musk can’t stop getting sued. This time French news publishers are suing him. Or more accurately Twitter. Here’s why:
Under EU law, digital platforms are required to negotiate with publishers to remunerate them for news reuse. After a prolonged dispute, Meta and Google have signed deals with news publishers in France.
However, X has refused to engage in negotiations with news publishers to compensate them for reusing their content (or at least so far). As a result, judges at the Paris Court of Justice will now face the complex task of determining the value of article previews shared on X.
This seems to me be another one of those FAAFO moments. He flipped off French news publishers and now they are suing him. Making this and not Bluesky gaining users and rocketing up the App Store charts or the latest Cybertruck recall his latest problem today. Most logical people would want to avoid getting sued at all or as often as Elon has. But clearly he has more money than brains as the lawsuits keep piling up.
As for this specific lawsuit. I am not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure that he’s going to lose.
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