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Google News Found Guilty of Copyright Violation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the de-index-belgium-in-retaliation dept.

schmiddy writes "A court in Brussels, Belgium, has just found Google guilty of violating copyright law with its Google News aggregator. According to the ruling, Google News' links and brief summaries of news sources violates copyright law. Google will be forced to pay $32,600 for each day it displayed the links of the plaintiffs. Although Google plans to appeal, this ruling could have chilling effects on fair use rights on the web in the rest of Europe as well if other countries follow suit."

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  1. HHGTTG reference by Bazman · · Score: 4, Funny

    So is this where 'Belgium!' becomes the most obscene word in the cosmos?

  2. The exponents hurt my brain by Shard013 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot said $1250/day yesterday and $32,600/day today. Will hate to see how much they loose a day for copyright violations in about a week!

  3. MY new business model by aepervius · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) make any sort of "news alike" copyrighted content. Does not matter quality as long as there is quantity.
    2) MAKE SURE that my robot.txt allow google.fr to index
    3) wait
    4) leave the content at the same place but put a password
    5) sue google.fr for copyright infringement.
    6) profit


    Strange, I think I forgot the ?? step somewhere...

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  4. Re:Saw This Yesterday by blowdart · · Score: 5, Funny

    The submitter tried to search for the story using google but couldn't find it.

  5. Would it have killed you... by jpellino · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. to title this story "Brussels Sprouts Stink"

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  6. Belgium IS NOT FRANCE!!! FFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    slashdot: Belgium
    aepervius: google.fr

    I'm guessing you're one of the 75% of Yanks who thinks "passport" is a request to share fortified wine, right?

    Clue: google.be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium

    Differences between France and Belgium:
    * Most Belgians speak Dutch, not French.
    * In Belgium's extremely long varied history of occupation, the French occupied it for less than 25 years.
    * Belgium still has a King. France killed all of theirs more than two hundred years ago.
    * Belgium is NOT famous for good food. Trust me on this one. Typical menu: Ham and cheese with fries. Cheese fries with ham. Ham and fries with cheese. Pick any combination of the three. The fries are more like British "chips" except they are fried twice to make them crispier.

  7. Time to tighten the belt by sd_diamond · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google will be forced to pay $32,600 for each day it displayed the links of the plaintiffs.



    FROM: Eric Schmidt



    TO: All Google Employees



    Beginning today, employees will no longer be eligible for free Kona coffee and hourly massages. We apologize for the inconvenience.

  8. Re:Fair use vs. copy of? by Tom · · Score: 2, Funny

    but I'd think if they're copying in less than 10% or so of t *beep* comprehension error. Please re-read article. Please note especially the word "Belgium". Please repeat the states of the USA and check if "Belgium" is on that list. If not, remove reference to USA copyright law from argument before continuing.
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  9. makeup states? by edward2020 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You do mean 'rogue' don't you? Or is this some joke that sailed above my head?

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