Google is in legal trouble because of Google News

Google is facing a growing wave of opposition from European press publishers, whose consequences may make the content that this global search engine offers to end customers.

This morning (November 24), Google will have to stand trial against the allegations of the Belgian press that earlier this year, Google violated copyright laws when posting headlines and excerpts from sources. allowed on Google News.

Meanwhile, in the past two weeks, public opinion against Google has also been released. The company was forced to withdraw its plan to launch the Google News website in Denmark last week after local press asked Google to ask for permission to publish information instead of taking it automatically.

And a group of Norwegian media groups also wrote a letter to Google, which protested the way the company posted a preview of the news photos of its members. " Under Norwegian copyright law, you are not allowed to use the photo without the owner's permission. This is a very serious problem! ", Spokesman Pernelle Borset, director of the Association of Transmission Enterprises Norway information.

The opposing waves are also rising in the publishing world when people are concerned that Google has crossed the boundaries of a simple search service to become a major corporation benefiting from journalistic content. Press agencies, book publishing and content providers have also filed a lawsuit against Google, often claiming royalties, to force Google to seek permission before using their work.

Meanwhile, Google said it had acted in accordance with the law by only posting abstracts of publishers' content. And that, in most cases, Google directly links content directly to providers' websites, not directly on the company's website.

In addition, according to Google, if all search services require permission for the websites they index (link to), no search service will work.