A court in Paris, France, ruled Friday that Google Inc. is breaking French law with its policy of digitizing books, handing the U.S. Internet giant a $14,300-a-day fine until it rids its search engine of the literary extracts. A judge also ordered Google to pay $430,000 (300,000 euro) in damages and interest to French publisher La Martiniere, which brought the case on behalf of a group of French publishers. The attorney for Google, Alexandra Neri, said Google plans to appeal the decision.
December 18, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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A court in Paris, France, ruled Friday that Google Inc. is breaking French law with its policy of digitizing books, handing the U.S. Internet giant a $14,300 (10,000 euro)-a-day fine until it rids its search engine of the literary extracts.
A judge also ordered Google to pay $430,000 (300,000 euro) in damages and interest to French publisher La Martiniere, which brought the case on behalf of a group of French publishers.
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