CanadaCRTC Decision 2024-262, Google exemption order under the Online News Act
In force since .
A news media bargaining code rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- This order binds Google rather than apps generally: it is the CRTC's grant to Google of a five-year exemption from the Online News Act's mandatory bargaining requirements, on conditions.
- If you are Google, contribute C$100 million annually to the Canadian Journalism Collective for distribution to eligible Canadian news businesses; payment was required within 60 days of the decision.
- Admit new eligible news businesses to the Collective each year, observe a 2% cap on indemnity claims, and give notice of any agreement changes or breaches.
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Who enforces it
Settledness
The CRTC enforces the Online News Act and issued this order itself, so the order is its own construction of the Agreement and the Act, and no separate guidance page is recorded.
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- Open questions
- Does clause 7(h) of the Agreement between Google and the Canadian Journalism Collective, which bars news businesses from pursuing Google for copyright infringement in making news content available in the manner permitted by the Online News Act, reach the use of news content to train artificial intelligence models?
What this law does
The CRTC granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act's mandatory bargaining requirements after Google agreed to contribute C$100 million annually to the Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC) for distribution to eligible Canadian news businesses. Key conditions include annual admission of new eligible news businesses to the CJC, a 2% cap on indemnity claims, and notification of any agreement changes or breaches. Payment to the CJC was required within 60 days of the decision.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app reuses other publishers' content.
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