Belgian Newspapers Sue Google For Sending Them Traffic - Again

Actually, Copiepresse is suing Google for publishing and storing their content without permission, but what they obviously don't understand is that when Google News publishes your headline and a short excerpt linking to the original article, that's fair use, and it's a good thing because it sends you tons of traffic.

This is an old story; and if you've been following it closely, you know that Google had already lost once. Copiepresse only wanted their content to be removed from Google News and, however, now they want money - anywhere between 51.7 and 77.5 million dollars will do.

Google hasn't commented on the lawsuit yet, but we know what their position is. They've said it clearly last time:


The real question here is: when will Copiepresse and the newspapers and magazines that comprise it all go bankrupt when they realize that they can't sell enough ads in printed issues anymore and they don't have enough traffic to sell ads in online versions, either? Maybe it's already happening, and maybe that's why they're pretending they don't understand what Internet is and how it works, so they decided to take the easy route and grab some quick cash while the judges can still be persuaded to vote in their favor in a case like this.