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Mediapart launches battle against Google for transparency over intellectual property rights payments

As a result of confidentiality clauses imposed by Google, Mediapart will not accept the money owed to it over the use of its intellectual property in search engine results; what are known as “neighbouring rights”. It comes down to an issue of trust with our readership, explains Mediapart's publishing editor Carine Fouteau, who argues that a united front by the press publishing sector is more necessary than ever in the face of Big Tech's lack of transparency.