The Waving of Antitrust Considerations for Publishers

The Wall Street Journal reports that the new law passed by Canada's Senate requires digital platforms to strike commercial deals with news publishers which incorporates print online and broadcasting outlets for their content. Publishers choose to share their content because it benefits them to do so whereas it isn't particularly valuable to us at all Nick Clag met as president of global affairs said in May and explaining the company's decision to block news should legislation pass. Clegg added the Canada Canada's law goes beyond what Australia implemented because it would put a price on free links to web pages which flies in the face of global norms on copyright principles, he says.