Google Loses Belgian Newspaper Suit

Associate Professor Peng Hwa ANG of the Singapore Internet Research Centre (Nanyang Technological University) writes he thinks the decision has much much less than meets the eye for several reasons. These being “The copyright management group essentially wants a share of the revenue”; and “best practice around the world for this issue of copyright infringement is that the infringing party should be given a reasonable period to act and only when it refuses to act should further action be taken”. He also questions having your links removed from Google given Google’s market clout.

Google Loses Belgian Newspaper Suit
Associate Professor Peng Hwa ANG of the Singapore Internet Research Centre (Nanyang Technological University) writes he thinks the decision has much much less than meets the eye for several reasons. These being “The copyright management group essentially wants a share of the revenue”; and “best practice around the world for this issue of copyright infringement is that the infringing party should be given a reasonable period to act and only when it refuses to act should further action be taken”. He also questions having your links removed from Google given Google’s market clout.
http://internetinasia.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/google_loses_be.html

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