Google hits setback in copyright case

Shakil published 15 Feb 2007, 04:32 in main - 170 views

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Google was given a rather nasty setback recently over the copyright lawsuit filed by Copiepresse, who manages copyrights of several of Belgium?s French and German language newspapers. In Belgium courts, it was ruled that Google violated copyright law, and was ordered to stop publishing articles, images, and links to Belgium newspaper websites.

On top of the removal order issues, Google must also pay a fine of $32,390 retroactively for each day the images, articles, and links appear on Google News. The retroactive fine that Google was ordered to pay could top $4.7 million, according to Britain?s Telegraph newspaper. The figure was also confirmed by the Associated Press wire reports related to the case. Originally, Google was ordered to pay a fine of one-million Euros a day for each article published, but after the recent ruling, the fine was cut to twenty-five thousand Euros.

News source: Monsters and Critics.com

Tags: Google, Setback, Copyright Case

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