French court rules against Google in copyright case

Fri, 12/18/2009 - 09:25 EDT - France24.com - Business

A French court on Friday ordered Google to stop digitising French books without the publisher's approval and said it must pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.

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