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In a recent news report, netizens learn that the Agence France-Presse (AFP) is taking X to court. This will be a fresh court case for the rebranded social media platform previously known as Twitter. According to the news agency, X is making use of their news content without paying them.
The news agency demands payments for the reuse of its news content on X’s social media platform. Before taking this case to court, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) had demanded a payment from X for its news put to use on the platform. The news agency says that X is not willing to pay them for their news content, hence the need to take the issue to court.
While this might sound a bit of an overreach for the news agency, they are acting under the EU’s extended copyright rule. This gives them grounds to demand payment for the news content X uses on its platform. For this reason, the news agency is seeking a court order that’ll compel X to provide information on how its news content is used on the social media platform.
Elon Musk has a thing or two to say with regard to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) demands
The Agence France-Presse (AFP) claims that X is infringing their copyright. For this reason, they need to pay them for their content put to use on the social media platform. While the news agency waits on the court order, your friendly neighborhood Elon Musk has a few things to say.
After the news got to the X News Daily page, Elon took to the comment section to share his mind. He refers to the court case as being bizarre, which is also some netizens’ mindset. Elon asks how the Agence France-Presse (AFP) will expect X to pay for traffic going to their site.
His response reflects X’s standpoint on this matter, which is a refusal to pay for the news agency’s content. It’s good to also note that X is not the only tech firm that has found itself in this type of entanglement. The likes of Google and Meta are also facing such demands from news agencies in Canada.
Just like X, Google and Meta are also standing their ground on not paying news agencies for their content. Google is even threatening to restrict Canadian news on its platforms. Will X follow this tactic and avoid paying the Agence France-Presse (AFP) for the news on its social media platform? The court case between X and the French news agency will throw more light on this matter.