# Google appeals French 500 million eur copyright fine
Published: 2021-09-01
Category: News
Category URL: https://entrepreneurtribune.com/category/news/
Meta Title: Google Appeals $591M Fine Imposed by French Antitrust...
Meta Description: Google appeals a 500 million euro fine imposed by France's antitrust watchdog for handling talks with news publishers. Disagreeing with size and legal...
URL: https://entrepreneurtribune.com/google-appeals-french-500-million-eur-copyright-fine/

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PARIS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it was appealing a “disproportionate” 500 million euro ($591 million) fine imposed by France’s antitrust [watchdog](https://entrepreneurtribune.com/french-data-watchdog-carries-out-checks-at-worldcoin-paris-office/) in July for the way in which it handled discussions with French news publishers in a copyright row.

The head of Google [France,](https://entrepreneurtribune.com/microsoft-to-invest-4-billion-euros-in-france/) Sebastien Missoffe, said in a statement that the group disagreed with the size of the fine and some of the legal arguments.

The watchdog had imposed the sanction on [Google](https://entrepreneurtribune.com/google-lays-off-staff-at-its-mapping-app-waze-2/) for failing to comply with its orders on how to conduct the talks with publishers.

($1 = 0.8465 euros)

(Reporting by Sarah White, Editing by Louise Heavens)


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