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Google Relents, Publishes Belgian Ruling

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-is-afraid-of-belgium dept.

gambit3 writes "Google on Saturday published on its Belgian website a court order which forbids the Internet search engine to reproduce snippets of Belgian press on its news amalgamation service. The move constituted a u-turn as Google had said on Friday that it would not comply with the court order despite facing a fine of 500,000 euros ($640,900) daily if it did not publish the ruling." From the article: "Google said its service is lawful and drives traffic to newspaper sites because people need to click through to the original publisher to read the full story. It now displays stories from news agencies, foreign newspapers and Internet sites belonging to local television stations."

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  1. Yes, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you read it in China?

  2. The court order is meaningless by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 3, Funny

    I went over to www.google.be. No one will know what's going on--the whole thing is written in Belgian. Brilliant, Google!

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    1. Re:The court order is meaningless by hey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your post seems to be in American.

    2. Re:The court order is meaningless by ichigo+2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but it's still gibberish to me. I'm not good at legalese.

  3. Re:bring it on by gardyloo · · Score: 2, Funny

    i've seen to many patents/copyright lawsuits, i'm all for breaking copyright/patents.. monkeys and their damn text with mumble jumble.. who cares.. i will not obey your patents and copieright i wil continue to disobey until you lie in your own shit, with all your lawsuit documents and your patents stuff up your ass, it means absolutely nothing. screw the law.

          Yargghh! And screw grammar and spelling! It's just keepin' the man down.

  4. As an act of protest... by falsified · · Score: 3, Funny
    I will now boycott Stella Artois!

    ....eh, fuck this. *cracks another one open*

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