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February 9th, 2010

Google appeals ruling of the French court

By Paul Biba

french court.jpgA Paris court previously fined Google €300,000 in damages and €10,000/day for its breach of French copyright law in digitizing La Martinière books.

Now, Google has appealed the verdict on copyright infringement and is claiming that their use of short excerpts in their index is fair use under French law. There is no indication in the article about how long it will take to decide the appeal.

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