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Belgian Court Orders Google To Stop Posting Articles

A Belgian court has told Google to stop posting content from Belgian newspapers on its websites without permission. Copiepresse, which handles copyright for French language newspapers in France and Belgium, had sued Google over the issue. The court informed the company that it would have to pay fines of 1 million Euros per day for noncompliance. Google says it will appeal. Read more here (registration may be required; free).