In Belgium, Google is prohibited from even linking to newspaper content. See this story in the International Herald Tribune.
It’s beyond idiotic for the newspapers to do this. Google is sending them customers.
No wonder the newspaper business is going in the tank. It has leaders who can’t understand fundamental reality.
on Sep 24th, 2006 at 9:40 am
[…] Leo que en Bélgica los dueños de los medios le han dicho a google que no lleve a la gente a sus páginas, que se enfadaran y le pondrán multas. Como si no se hubieran enterado de por dónde van los tiros a estas alturas. […]
on Sep 25th, 2006 at 10:16 am
Belgian Court Doesn’t Waffle on Google, Plus Heads Up: Down Time For This Blog…
This post has been updated.
The Belgian court has rejected Google's first appeal, forcing Google's compliance re: displaying newspaper content on News.Google.Be — and displaying the court's ruling there, too (via Cyberjournalist, Ed…
on Sep 26th, 2006 at 8:25 am
[…] Dan Gillmor: The Belgian newspapers’ Google lawsuit is “beyond idiotic”. […]