Those Wacky Belgians
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A story hit the wires today that Google lost a court battle in Belgium regarding their use of newspapers materials and something to do with copywriting….yada yada…ho hum… that’s not the story there.
The real meat is toward the end of the article, way down at the bottom, below the fold:
In the future, the court said it would be up to copyright owners to get in touch with Google 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 $1,295.
Since google doesn’t accept emails, calling their 1-800 number get’s you into an endless switchboard game, how exactly are our Belgian friends supposed to contact google? Does commenting on Matt Cutts’ blog count?
I think the writer of the story missed the boat on this, the real headline should be, “Google is going to open a customer service department”, or “Google to invest in: Telephones”, or “Google Employees to get email!”.
The fact that they have 24 hours to not only receive a notification but also RESPOND Is just hilarious, I’m not going to hold my breath on that one.
