Less than a week after Agence France Press (AFP) filed a lawsuit against Google alleging copyright infringement of its content by Google, the folks in Mountain View will no longer index AFP material and remove old AFP content from the Google News index. The eWeek article: Google to Drop AFP from News Index, provides more details. If you would like to read the complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in DC, we’ve posted it here.
Google News Says Au Revoir to Agence France Press Content
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