Will have more to say on this asap…
BRUSSELS — A court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Belgian newspapers that sued Google (GOOG), claiming that the Web search Internet search leader infringed copyright laws and demanded it remove their stories.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company that operates the world’s most-used search engine immediately said it would appeal, claiming its Google News service was “entirely legal.”
A Brussels court ruled in favor of Copiepresse, a copyright protection group representing 18 mostly French-language newspapers that complained the search engine’s “cached” links offered free access to archived articles that the papers usually sell on a subscription basis.
It ordered Google to remove any articles, photos or links from its sites — including Google News — that it displays without the newspapers’ permission.
Just all about money.. And to protect things.. Now there have to come some rules.
Looks like Google lost this case. i’ve seen lots of legal battle by Google and rarely loses.