Google apparently had links to Belgian newspaper articles without permission. Brussles is asking for a rediculas amout of money each day it displayed the links. They are asking for $32,600 (per day)! Originally they were asking for close3 to $1 million euros per day, which turns out to be approximately $1,304,000 per day!
Copiepresse is the group that brought about this complaint containing all the copyright issues. Apparently they needed permission through yahoo to stop displaying the information. It is true though, how should google be able to display information that is not copyrighted? The company Google makes a profit off of every view to the site. They are basically taking something that isn't their's. But, at the same time, Google is one of the best search engines, and it would not be in a company's best interest to negotiate a deal with the rising web site. Bottom line, these two companies should settle outside of the courts, and I think it would be in the Belgian articles best interest to work something out. Google more than likely is bringing them profit, and without it, there could quite possibly be a decline in their sales and services.
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