Media News - Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Google faces EUR 49.1m claim in Belgian lawsuit
A group of Belgian newspapers are seeking as much as EUR 49.1m from Google Inc. in a lawsuit over the right to feature links to the publishers' content on the Internet. Copiepresse, a copyright group for newspapers in Belgium, is asking a Brussels court to award between EUR 32.8m and 49.1m, Margaret Boribon, the group's secretary-general, said Tuesday. A court last year ruled Google violated Belgian copyright laws by publishing links to articles on Google News without permission. The damages are in addition to a daily fine of EUR 25,000 the court last year ordered Google to pay until it removes all Belgian news content. Google did remove links to Belgian newspapers it had on its search engine and on Google News. In addition to damages, Copiepresse is also seeking to have Google publish ``in a visible and clear manner'' the court ruling from last year on Google.be and news.Google.be for 20 days, the group said. If Google doesn't publish the ruling, the group said it would seek a EUR 1m daily fine. The two sides resolved part of their dispute in May 2007 when Google removed ``caches'' from its links to the newspapers' Web sites. The agreement allowed Internet users to access Belgian newspapers again on Google's Web site in the country. No such solution was found concerning the direct links to the newspapers' articles on Google News, which remains without Belgian newspaper stories. (Bloomberg)
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