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AFP Sues Google over Use of Photos, Headlines and Stories

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 21, 2005 - 9:57am.
Paris -- According to a report by Reuters, French news publisher Agence France Presse (AFP) has filed a $17 million lawsuit against U.S.-based Internet search giant Google Inc. for listing AFP photographs, headlines and news stories on its Google News website without permission. AFP also claimed that Google has ignored several requests to stop using the unauthorized content, Reuters said. The popular Google News website is known for gathering headlines and part of the first paragraph of news stories, occasionally linking pictures with headlines. The France-based news service, which does not provide its content for free, is asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent Google News from displaying any AFP material in future. Google said it was still reviewing the lawsuit.
tags: Google | Photos | AFP | Headlines | Stories |