Google, AFP case, goes ahead
p2p news / p2pnet: A lawsuit lodged against Google by Agence France-Presse (AFP) claiming Google’s news search violates copyright laws can go ahead, says a US judge.
District judge Gladys Kessler says she’s not prepared to rule on Google’s request to dismiss the case, “and instead granted both sides more time to try to reconstruct Google News pages from randomly chosen dates in 2003 and 2004,” says CNET News.
AFP items, found readily on Yahoo, have been notably missing from Google ever since AFP, the world’s oldest news agency, sued Google News for damages of around $17.5 million and an order barring it from displaying copyrighted AFP pix, stories and headlines without permission.
Kessler decided, “confusion and delays over reconstructing archived Google News pages meant the two companies needed more time,” says the story.
Agence France Presse claims Google News unlawfully incorporated AFP photographs, headlines and excerpts from the beginning of articles, says CNET, going on:
“Also, AFP argues, Google News removed photo credits and copyright notices in violation of federal law. For its part, Google claims AFP’s headlines are not ‘original and creative’ enough to be protected under copyright law.”
In addition, Google argues that because AFP is required to identify specific photographs and articles at issue – and hadn’t done so for more than a year – the case should be thrown out, states the story.
Also See:
CNET News – Judge: Google News lawsuit can proceed, July 18, 2006
notably missing – The high cost of headlines, Ocober 12, 2005
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