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PARIS (AP) — Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with publishers in a dispute over copyright. The dispute is part of a larger battle by authorities in Europe and elsewhere to force Google and other tech companies to compensate publishers for content. “We disagree with a number of legal elements, and believe that the fine is disproportionate to our efforts to reach an agreement and comply with the new… Source link

PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) – France’s anti-trust watchdog will make a decision in the coming days over the way Google (GOOGL.O) held copyright talks with some French publishers about paying for news content, the watchdog’s head Isabelle de Silva said on Thursday. Antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet’s Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, sources who read the investigators’ report… Source link

Novak Djokovic came back from two sets down to win his second French Open title and 19th overall Grand Slam on Sunday in Paris.  Djokovic, the established veteran, defeated up-and-coming Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Djokovic is now the third male player to win at least two times at each of the four Grand Slam tournaments and the first in the Open Era. He won his only previous French Open in 2016.  The Serbian is one major away from Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s… Source link

 On Friday, the fans at Roland-Garros and the viewers watching on TV were treated to all-timer clay court match between two of the greatest men’s tennis players in the history of the game. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic played their hearts out for more than four hours in what might be one of the greatest tennis matches in recent memory. But someone had to win. And it was Djokovic who was left standing at the end, beating Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. He figured out how to beat Nadal on… Source link

Jun 12th 2021 San Francisco ANOTHER DAY, another antitrust case against big tech. In May alone the attorney-general of the District of Columbia filed a complaint against Amazon, Germany’s competition authority went after Amazon and Google to determine whether they have “paramount significance for competition across markets”, and its Italian counterpart hit Google with a €100m ($122m) fine for restricting access to Android Auto, a version of the firm’s mobile operating system for… Source link

Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) agreed to make changes to some of its widely-used online advertising services under a settlement with France’s antitrust watchdog released on Monday. The authority also fined the Mountain View, California-based company 220 million euros ($267.48 million) after a probe found it abused its market power in the intricate ad business online, where some its tools have become almost essential for large publishers. “The decision to sanction Google is of particular… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Google agreed to pay 220 million euros ($268 million) and change the way its business works across the world after settling a France probe that struck at the heart of its power over online advertising. France’s antitrust agency said Monday the U.S. tech giant used its dominance over ad sales and purchasing on its platforms to distort the market to its own advantage, hurting publishers such as News Corp. “Google took advantage of its vertical integration to skew the… Source link

Roger Federer doesn’t want to push his body too far. Federer pulled out of the 2021 French Open on Sunday, citing the need to rest and rehab following two knee surgeries. Federer, 39, made the announcement on Twitter, saying, “It’s important that I listen to my body and make sure I don’t push myself too quickly.” Federer, ranked No. 8, was set to take on No. 9 Matteo Berrettini in the fourth round of the tournament. Berrettini will now advance to the quarterfinals on a walkover. He’ll take on… Source link

The wisdom of age is having a moment. A creaky, taped-up, this’ll-hurt-in-the-morning moment, but still. Last week, Helio Castroneves won the Indy 500 at age 46. Last month, Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship at age 50. Earlier this year, Tom Brady won the Super Bowl at age 43. Last fall, Sue Bird won her fourth WNBA title just days before turning 40.  Now here comes Serena Williams, 39 years old, twice the age of many of her contemporaries, firing her way into the round of 16 at the… Source link

Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova has been arrested on match-fixing charges at the French Open.  Paris prosecutors told the Associated Press that an international tennis player was arrested Thursday on charges of “sports bribery and organized fraud” for acts suspected to have occurred last September. Sizikova’s lawyer Frederic Belot confirmed to AP that she was the player arrested.  Sizikova denies the charges and intends to sue for defamation. She was “extremely shocked,” according to… Source link