AFP Suing Google for $17.5 Million
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:51 pm
Seems google is getting bad publicity lately. (ironicly, I took this article off google news - I go there for news now lol)
http://www.dailyindia.com/newsarticle/2005-03-19/h.php
AFP Suing Google for $17.5 Million
Published: March 19, 2005
by Staff
Global news service Agence France-Presse (AFP) is suing Google for copyright infringement over the search engine publishing their photos, headlines and news stories without permission on its popular Google News Beta.
In the suit, which was filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, AFP is seeking $17.5 million in damages.
"We allow publishers to opt out of Google News but most publishers want to be included because they believe it is a benefit to them and to their readers," Google spokesman Steve Langdon told Reuters.
AFP sells subscriptions for its news content; however the company alleges that Google's search engine crawler has been grabbing and displaying their media content on Google News free of charge.
AFP is headquartered in Paris and features 600 clients around the world.
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http://www.dailyindia.com/newsarticle/2005-03-19/h.php
AFP Suing Google for $17.5 Million
Published: March 19, 2005
by Staff
Global news service Agence France-Presse (AFP) is suing Google for copyright infringement over the search engine publishing their photos, headlines and news stories without permission on its popular Google News Beta.
In the suit, which was filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, AFP is seeking $17.5 million in damages.
"We allow publishers to opt out of Google News but most publishers want to be included because they believe it is a benefit to them and to their readers," Google spokesman Steve Langdon told Reuters.
AFP sells subscriptions for its news content; however the company alleges that Google's search engine crawler has been grabbing and displaying their media content on Google News free of charge.
AFP is headquartered in Paris and features 600 clients around the world.
Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:3192, old post ID:26036