Google Loses Cache-Copyright Lawsuit in Belgium

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @02:51AM 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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Not in terms of copyright law by brunes69 · 2007-02-13 03:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

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Re:Why are newspapers retarded? by Lumpy · 2007-02-13 03:19 · Score: 0, Redundant

Yup.

Ok we will stop caching. and listing you in our search engine.

Getting your site removed from Google is a death-knoll for you.

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