Google looses French copyright case

US internet Giant Google was fined by a French count for copyright infringement. Google was fined for digitizing books without prior approval from publishers. The court ruled that Google violated French copyright laws and was asked to pay $14,300 a day until it removes excerpts of French books from it's online database.

Google was also ordered to pay $430,000 in damages  and interest to French Publisher La Martiniere which brought the case on behalf of a group of French publishers. Google's attorney said the they would appeal.

Books that are in Google's database with the consent of publishers will still be searchable in their database even in France.

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