--- title: Big Tech fights Belgium's creator-pay law at EU court description: Google, Meta, Spotify, and Sony have challenged Belgium's copyright law at the EU Court of Justice, arguing it goes beyond the 2019 EU copyright directive.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/big-tech-fights-belgium-s-creator-pay-law-at-eu-court-ytj8lg3r4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Big Tech fights Belgium's creator-pay law at EU court | daily.dev og:description: Google, Meta, Spotify, and Sony have challenged Belgium's copyright law at the EU Court of Justice, arguing it goes beyond the 2019 EU copyright directive.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/big-tech-fights-belgium-s-creator-pay-law-at-eu-court-ytj8lg3r4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YTJ8lG3r4.png og:image:alt: Big Tech fights Belgium's creator-pay law at EU court og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Big Tech fights Belgium's creator-pay law at EU court **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google, Meta, Spotify, and Sony have challenged Belgium's copyright law at the EU Court of Justice, arguing it goes beyond the 2019 EU copyright directive. Belgium added mandatory negotiations, disclosure duties, and compulsory payments for creators — extras the tech giants say EU lawmakers never approved. Key disputes include whether platforms that host user content should be treated as publishers, and whether a mandatory top-up payment for artists could force double payment for the same stream. The ruling will set a precedent for how much latitude EU member states have to enact stricter copyright rules than the EU baseline, affecting every publisher and platform operating in Europe. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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