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Google has said it plans to appeal the decision (Photo: Notat)

Belgian court rules against Google news

The world's most popular Internet search engine, Google, has been ordered to stop reproducing Belgian articles on the news section of its websites by a Belgian court.

The complaint was brought to court by the Belgian Association of Newspaper Editors, Copiepresse, which supervises copyright for the Belgian French- and German-speaking press.

"We are asking for Google to pay and seek our authorisation to use our content ... Google sells advertising and makes money on our content," th...

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