Belgian newspapers seek copyright damages from Google
Posted
by
Martin Stabe
on 28 May 2008
at 08:37
Tags: National Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers
Newspapers in Belgium are seeking €49 million in damages from Google in a copyright case, the Guardian reports today.
Copiepress, an organsiation that represents the copyright interests of the country’s French- and German-language press is seeking the damages, equivalent to £39 million, over the use of news stories in Google News since 2001 and has summoned the search giant to a court hearing in September.
The same organsiation won a copyright lawsuit against Google News last year (PDF of the decision). Google says it is still appealing that case.
