Copiepresse is a

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, French-language

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

management company. Copiepresse successfully sued

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in Belgian court, claiming that Google violated copyright law in posting links to and abstracts of articles in Belgian newspapers without permission. On May 5, 2011, Google also lost the appeal and subsequently removed several Belgian newspapers represented by Copiepresse from its search index. However, this move backfired on Copiepresse, as the ruling deprived newspapers of click-through traffic, and so it reduced their advertising revenue. Copiepresse backed down on July 18, 2011, allowing Google to index the newspapers again."Google v. Belgium "link war" ends after years of conflict"
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External links

Copiepresse Web Site

Belgian court ruling against Google
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References

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