The European Union has approved new copyright rules that will give content rights-holders a greater share of revenue from platforms such as YouTube, Google and Facebook hosting their content.

Representatives of the EU’s 28 national governments and lawmakers from the European Parliament reached an agreement on new rules late last month after two-and-a-half years of negotiations and an intense lobbying campaign that pitted tech giants such as Google and Facebook against film and music companies and digital rights campaigners.

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