Google has been ordered
by a Belgian court to
remove all articles,
photographs and graphics
from French-speaking
newspapers. Copiepresse
issued the complaint and
won the court ruling on
September 5th. Not only
does this require Google
to remove content from
Google News, the court
order also requires removing
the content from the
Google cache.
ChillingEffects.org has
a link to the
full court order.
Google asked the court
to reconsider its
decision and requested
that the requirement to
post the ruling on its
home pages be suspended.
The court on Friday 22nd
September agreed to
reconsider its ruling in
November this year.
Also see a
press release by the
World Association of
Newspapers (WAN)
about a new
software-based protocol
called ACAP (Automated
Content Access Protocol)
which is used to tell
search engine spiders,
and other services, what
can be done with the
content they crawl. The
project is due to start
later this year and last
for 12 months.
September 25, 2006:
About the Google News case in Belgium, Official Google Blog:
"You may have read recently about Google being taken to court in Belgium.
Whilst we aren't allowed to comment on the judgment itself, we thought you
may want to know the facts of the case -- what actually happened, and when
-- and the issues it raises."
September 25, 2006:
Googles Einspruch in
Belgien zurückgewiesen,
Heise: "Der
Suchmaschinenanbieter
Google muss einer
gerichtlichen Anordnung
Folge leisten und die
Verfügung eines
belgischen Gerichts auf
seinen Angeboten
veröffentlicht."
September 18, 2006:
Google muss belgische
Zeitungsartikel aus
seinem Angebot entfernen,
Heise: "Der
Internetsuchmaschinen-Betreiber
Google muss Artikel,
Fotografien und
grafische Darstellungen
französisch- und
deutschsprachiger
belgischer Zeitungen aus
seinen Angeboten
entfernen, die vom
Unternehmen Copiepresse
vertreten werden."
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