News Bargaining Incentive finally introduced to Parliament as government reveals final scheme

New laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are 4 key problems

The government has finally tabled its News Bargaining Incentive legislation to make big tech companies pay for the Australian journalism they use on their platforms. The government developed these laws to fix a problem with the original News Media Bargaining Code introduced under the Morrison government. While the code generated between $200 million and $250 million a year through deals struck with Meta and Google, it allowed them to stop making…

News Bargaining Incentive finally introduced to Parliament as government reveals final scheme

The federal government has tabled the long-awaited News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) legislation in Parliament after making eleventh-hour changes in response to fierce backlash from large publishers over amendments revealed last week. Among the new changes, the government has revised how the incentive will operate and how money raised under the scheme will be distributed. The government’s earlier tweaks drew strong criticism from major publishers,…

SIIA Statement: Australia’s News Bargaining Incentive Unfairly Targets Large Digital Platforms

The following statement from the Software & Information Industry Association regarding Australia’s legislation to create its News Media Bargaining Incentive can be attributed to Morten Skroejer, Vice President, Competition and […] The post SIIA Statement: Australia’s News Bargaining Incentive Unfairly Targets Large Digital Platforms appeared first on SIIA.

Australia’s Revised News Bargaining Incentive Remains a Discriminatory Tax on U.S. Digital Services

Washington – The Australian government introduced a package of legislation today to establish its News Media Bargaining Incentive, including a measure that would impose a financial penalty on a narrow set of predominantly foreign digital services unless they enter into payment arrangements with qualifying Australian news publishers. The legislation follows the government’s April draft proposal and subsequent revisions announced in August. Under …

Australia leads in forcing big tech to help fund the news sector

The News Bargaining Incentive reached the Australian House of Representatives after the Australian Associated Press (AAP), a member of the News Media Coalition, successfully argued that Primary Source Journalism is vital to the information ecosystem. AAP Chief Executive Emma Cowdroy welcomed a guaranteed five per cent share of any money the scheme raises. The Australian Government introduced two bills in the House of Representatives on Thursday …