Google Loses Cache-Copyright Lawsuit in Belgium 340
acroyear writes "A court in Belgium has found that Google's website caching policies are a violation of that nation's copyright laws. The finding is that Google's cache offers effectively free access to articles that, while free initially, are archived and charged for via subscriptions. Google claims that they only store short extracts, but the court determined that's still a violation. From the court's ruling: 'It would be up to copyright owners to get in touch with Google by e-mail to complain if the site was posting content that belonged to them. Google would then have 24 hours to withdraw the content or face a daily fine of 1,000 euros ($1,295 U.S.).'"
Har Har (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Personal Responsibility (Score:4, Informative)
THIS is the correct tag:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE">
Sorry about the brain fart. I wish we could edit posts (preview, I know, but that would not have made me catch this one)
Re:What about MY memory, is that a cache? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not in terms of copyright law (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What's the problem? (Score:2, Informative)
Implications for proxies (Score:3, Informative)
Re:So no "fair dealing" or "fair use" in Belgium? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:So no "fair dealing" or "fair use" in Belgium? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Har Har (Score:5, Informative)
"To prevent all search engines from showing a "Cached" link for your site, place this tag in the <HEAD> section of your page:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE">
To allow other search engines to show a "Cached" link, preventing only Google from displaying one, use the following tag:
<META NAME="GOOGLEBOT" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE"> "