Agence France Presse (AFP) claims copyright infringement and is suing Google for $17.5m. PCWorld.com - Google Removing Agence France Presse From Google News.

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Virginia Journal of Law and Technology — See the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology - Articles See: Application of the DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions to Search Engines, by Craig W. Walker. 9 Va. J.L. & Tech. 2 (2004)

Partial excerpt:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) established procedures that Internet service providers can implement in order to gain protection from liability for copyright infringement by their users. Under the “notice and takedown” provisions of the DMCA, Internet service providers who receive notifications from copyright …