p2pnet.net News:- Users of Microsoft’s Live Search engine and the news engine Newsbot can for the time being forget about cached and non-cached articles from French and German-language Belgian newspapers.

Agence France-Presse is suing Google for $17.5 million and an order barring it from displaying copyrighted AFP pix, stories and headlines without permission and, "Microsoft received a cease and desist letter last week from Copiepresse," says CNET News:

Now, Because Microsoft deosn’t want to end up in the same copyright boat, it’s caving in to the organization, which represents French and German-language Belgian newspaper publishers.

"Copiepresse argues that posting article text violates copyright, even if the text is very short and the accompanying link drives traffic to the publisher Web site," says CNET.

Thus, Bill and the Boyz, "will remove all links to cached and non-cached articles from French and German-language Belgian newspapers from its Live Search engine and the news engine Newsbot, according to a statement issued in Belgium," says the story, adding that although MS has pulled the plug, it’s still "committed to having a dialogue with Copiepresse on the matter".

Also See:
copyrighted AFP pix, stories and headlines - Google, AFP case, goes ahead, July 20, 2006
CNET News - Microsoft bows to the Belgians, October 20, 2006

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