A comparative analysis of the new EU press publishers’ right

Platform services in the online space are one of the most innovative and intensive sectors of the global economy, with a significant competitive advantage in technology that gives them deep technological insights into users and user habits. This enables them to deliver targeted advertising to millions of connected end-users. Publishers who make daily news, analysis, interviews, and reports available to their readers in their press releases are at a competitive disadvantage compared to the technology giants mentioned above. The Digital Single Market Directive aims to address this issue by creating a new “press publishing right.” This paper analyses the new press publishers’ related rights from both a policy and a practical perspective, including a brief comparison of the press publishers’ protection and the “hot news” doctrine under the law of some US states