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French News Service Sues Google

Agence France Presse (AFP) recently sued Google for copyright infringement, claiming that Google is violating AFP's copyrights by reproducing and redistributing AFP's photographs, headlines and story leads in Google News. AFP is seeking damages of at least $17.5 million. The lawsuit follows a similar lawsuit which internet publisher "Perfect 10" filed against Google in respect of Google's reproduction of the photographs posted on Perfect 10's website.

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