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Google Loses Cache-Copyright Lawsuit in Belgium

Posted by Zonk on from the no-convenience-for-you dept.

acroyear writes "A court in Belgium has found that Google's website caching policies are a violation of that nation's copyright laws. The finding is that Google's cache offers effectively free access to articles that, while free initially, are archived and charged for via subscriptions. Google claims that they only store short extracts, but the court determined that's still a violation. From the court's ruling: 'It would be up to copyright owners to get in touch with Google by e-mail to complain if the site was posting content that belonged to them. Google would then have 24 hours to withdraw the content or face a daily fine of 1,000 euros ($1,295 U.S.).'"

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  1. Waffles by bostons1337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't they have anything better to do....like make us Americans some waffles.

  2. $1,295 per day? by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's $472,675 per year, or, in Google's accounting terms, $0 after rounding to the nearest million.

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    1. Re:$1,295 per day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      1,000 sites * $0 still = $0.

    2. Re:$1,295 per day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is that 0.00 dollars or 0.00 cents?

  3. Big Deal. by Innova · · Score: 1, Funny

    So Google lost some cache...they have a market cap of over $140 Billion, no biggie.

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  4. 24 hours! by loconet · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Google would then have 24 hours to withdraw the content or face a daily fine of 1,000 euros ($1,295 U.S.).'""

    I think it is safe to say they can afford to take their time...

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  5. Oblig Monty Python Reference by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Well now, the result of last week's competition when we asked you to find a derogatory term for the Belgians. Well, the response was enormous and we took quite a long time sorting out the winners. There were some very clever entries. Mrs Hatred of Leicester said 'Let's not call them anything, let's just ignore them.' and a Mr St John of Huntingdon said he couldn't think of anything more derogatory than Belgians. But in the end we settled on three choices: number three, the Sprouts, sent in by Mrs Vicious of Hastings, very nice; number two, the Phlegms, from Mrs Childmolester of Worthing; but the winner was undoubtedly from Mrs No-Supper-For-You from Norwood in Lancashire, Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards!"

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  6. Re:What about MY memory, is that a cache? by Dog-Cow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Posting on slashdot means never having to be embarrassed for not RingTFA.

  7. Re:More stupidity by Dr.Syshalt · · Score: 2, Funny

    The legal system isn't a crutch for idiots who can't tie their own shoelaces or wipe their own assholes. Welcome to the planet Earth - you are probably new here.