
The group representing the media conglomerate, Copiepresse, said it had summoned Google to appear before a Brussels court in September to decide on the claim. The newspaper copyright group called on the search engine to pay a provisional 4 million euros ($6 million).
Google, which has challenged that ruling, said that it had not received the new Copiepresse legal summons yet and still awaits the outcome of its appeal.

A year later, Google signed a licensing deal with the Associated Press but denied doing so to avoid yet another lawsuit.
Some analysts, however, believe these court cases will not make Google lose its sleep. Hamilton Faber, an analyst with Atlantic Equities, told Forbes.com: “From Google’s point of view, the copyright case is important. But it generates about $1.0 billion in free cash flow every quarter. This amounts no particular material damage.”
“Service providers immediately try to reject any relationship with Google, but I think can benefit a lot from it,” Faber said.
source: www.forbes.com
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