[Ecommerce] AFP suit against Google

[Manon Ress]

French news agency AFP files copyright suit against Google

NEW YORK -- In a case that could set limits on Internet search engines,
  the French news agency Agence France-Presse is suing Google Inc. for
pulling together photos and story excerpts from thousands of news websites.

AFP said the "Google News" service infringes on its copyrights by
reproducing information from the Web sites of subscribers of the
Paris-based news wholesaler. The issues raised by the case have profound
implications for the Internet, where anyone can be a publisher and Web
journals, or blogs, are becoming frequent destinations for seekers of
news.  The outcome of the lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in U.S.
District Court in Washington, D.C., is likely to hinge on whether Google
can persuade the courts that Google News constitutes permissible "fair
use" of copyright material.

Associated Press  March 23, 2005

See also: AFP shoots itself in the foot, not Google
http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10001059.shtml

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