The latest update on the Google copyright landscape:
> ===================================================== > GigaLaw.com Daily News, by Doug Isenberg > November 27, 2006 > ------------------------------------------------------ > > We invite you to forward this e-mail in its entirety to friends and > colleagues! > Subscription information: http://www.GigaLaw.com > Search 10,000+ GigaLaw.com Daily News items: http://www.GigaLaw.com > ===================================================== > > Headlines for today (scroll down for abstracts and links): > > -- Google Settles Copyright Dispute with Belgian Journalists <snip> > -- Producer of Bush Movie Sues Google in France > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Google Settles Copyright Dispute with Belgian Journalists > Google, the world's most-used Internet search engine, reached a > settlement with Belgian photographers and journalists in a copyright > dispute over how Google's news service links to newspaper content. The > agreement was made with the Belgian copyright groups Sofam, representing > about 3,700 photographers, and Scam, on behalf of journalists. > Read more: > http://www.gigalaw.com/news/2006/11/google-settles-copyright-dispute-with.html > > (Source: The New York Times) > <snip> > > Producer of Bush Movie Sues Google in France > The producer of "The World According to Bush" has taken legal action > against Google for distributing the film for free, becoming the latest > media company to seek compensation for lost business on the Internet. > French production house Flach Film said it had issued a writ against the > U.S. Internet search engine and its French arm, Google France, for > copyright infringement before a Paris commercial court. > Read more: > http://www.gigalaw.com/news/2006/11/producer-of-bush-movie-sues-google-in.html > > (Source: Reuters) <snip> > ===================================================== > GigaLaw.com Daily News is published by and copyright ? 2006 Dolesco LLC > d/b/a GigaLaw.com, 5 Concourse Parkway, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia > 30328, USA. Under some laws, this e-mail may be considered an > advertisement. > ------------------------------------------------------ > GigaLaw.com Daily News is edited by Doug Isenberg > (http://www.DougIsenberg.com), an attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm > (http://www.GigaLawFirm.com). > =====================================================
