Google Loses Cache-Copyright Lawsuit in Belgium

Straight from Slashdot: “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.).’”