Apparently, they have ordered these large fines thanks to the attitude of Google.
For example, google wasn't present in court and they didn't collaborate at all in the investigation.
So the newspapers won by default. Google "indifferent" attitude apparently annoyed the court, so they basically granted the demands of the newspaper.
For some reason that part isn't translated in the english version of the court document, but here it is (in French - quoted from the court documents) and a rough translation, done by myself, follows each quotes:
1."Attendu que le tribunal de céans ne manque pas d'être surpris par l'attitude de la défenderesse qui n'a pas jugé utile de participer à' la mission d'expertise, malgré les invitations qui lui avaient été adressées par l'expert judiciaire, et qui ne comparaît pas;" Translation: The court is surprised by the attitude of the defendant which hasn't found useful to participate in the expert evaluation[...]and who aren't present in court.
2."Attendu que cette attitude constitue une indication de ce que les craintes que nourrit la demanderesse sur la mauvaise volontk que mettra à la d4fenderesse à s'exécuter pourraient être fondées;" Translation: This attitude is an indication that the fears of the plaintiff about the bad faith of the defendant might be justified.
3."Que l'attitude de la défenderesse est d'autant plus surprenante que dans d'autres pays, cettes plus importants que la Belgique, la défenderesse s'est engagée dans des négociations avec les 4diteurs de journaux pour résoudre la question du respect des droits d'auteur;" Translation: That the attitude of the defendant is more so surprising that in other countries, certainly bigger than Belgium, the defendant had been negociating with newspapers editors to solves the copyrights and intellectual properties issues.
Also, the court order isn't just about the Soir Libre newspaper, but about all newspapers editors, journalists, etc represented by cafepresse.
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Apparently, they have ordered these large fines thanks to the attitude of Google.
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For example, google wasn't present in court and they didn't collaborate at all in the investigation.
So the newspapers won by default. Google "indifferent" attitude apparently annoyed the court, so they basically granted the demands of the newspaper.
For some reason that part isn't translated in the english version of the court document, but here it is (in French - quoted from the court documents) and a rough translation, done by myself, follows each quotes:
1."Attendu que le tribunal de céans ne manque pas d'être
surpris par l'attitude de la défenderesse qui n'a pas jugé utile
de participer à' la mission d'expertise, malgré les invitations
qui lui avaient été adressées par l'expert judiciaire, et qui ne
comparaît pas
Translation:
The court is surprised by the attitude of the defendant which hasn't
found useful to participate in the expert evaluation[...]and who
aren't present in court.
2."Attendu que cette attitude constitue une indication de ce que
les craintes que nourrit la demanderesse sur la mauvaise
volontk que mettra à la d4fenderesse à s'exécuter pourraient
être fondées
Translation:
This attitude is an indication that the fears of the plaintiff
about the bad faith of the defendant might be justified.
3."Que l'attitude de la défenderesse est d'autant plus
surprenante que dans d'autres pays, cettes plus importants
que la Belgique, la défenderesse s'est engagée dans des
négociations avec les 4diteurs de journaux pour résoudre la
question du respect des droits d'auteur
Translation:
That the attitude of the defendant is more so surprising
that in other countries, certainly bigger than Belgium,
the defendant had been negociating with newspapers editors to
solves the copyrights and intellectual properties issues.
Also, the court order isn't just about the Soir Libre newspaper, but about all newspapers editors, journalists, etc represented by cafepresse.