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franco-googlian wars continue... Post date  03.21.2005, 12:49 PM

"...news agency Agence France Press (AFP) is claiming damages of at least $17.5 million and a court order barring Google News from displaying AFP photographs, news headlines or story leads..." (story)

This recalls Virginia's post a couple months back on "the future of the news." Will news aggregators and headline-scouring robots be accused of copyright infringement? Will other news providers follow AFP's lead?

(via Searchblog)

Posted by ben vershbow at March 21, 2005 12:49 PM
tags: Copyright and Copyleft, Publishing, Broadcast, and the Press

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