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CNN.com - News agency suing Google - Mar 19, 2005
by Decius at 12:38 pm EST, Mar 19, 2005

] News agency Agence France Presse has sued Google Inc.,
] alleging the Web search leader includes AFP's photos,
] news headlines and stories on its news site without
] permission.

Thats the sound of a shoe dropping.

CNN.com - News agency suing Google - Mar 19, 2005
by Rattle at 9:27 pm EST, Mar 19, 2005

] News agency Agence France Presse has sued Google Inc.,
] alleging the Web search leader includes AFP's photos,
] news headlines and stories on its news site without
] permission.

robots.txt, anyone? AFP is making a legal problem out of a technical issue. If they don't want their content to be included in search engines and aggregators, there is a time tested technical solution to this problem. You say "no", only you do not say "no" with a lawsuit, you say "no" in a text file the machines can understand.

This is bullshit that can only result in bad law.