Google infringed copyright, Belgian court rules
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Google could face daily fines of 25,000(17,000) after losing a court battle with Belgian publishers over the scope of its Google News service. A court in Brussels has ruled that the search engine had infringed the copyright of several newspapers after it included their stories in its news services. But experts said the judgment could prove a pyrrhic victory for newspaper owners