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AFP upset with Google, wants 17 million

The Paris Based news agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has sued Internet search giant Google for $17.5 million in damages for copyright infringement. According to the suit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, AFP claims that Google included AFP headlines, news summaries and photographs published without permission on Google's News Beta. Since AFP sells subscriptions for its news content to some 600 clients, being on Google news in short hand form is a huge problem. The news agency said it has informed Google that it is not authorized to use AFP's copyrighted material as it does and has asked Google to cease and desist from infringing its copyright work.

"We allow publishers to opt out of Google News but most publishers want to be included because they believe it is a benefit to them and to their readers," Google spokesman Steve Langdon told Reuters.

March 20, 2005
POSTED BY Fabien Montique
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AFP upset with Google, wants 17 million