Settling Suit, Google Will License AFP Content
Search operator Google Inc. and Agence France Presse today announced a settlement in Agence France Presse v. Google Inc., No. 1:05-CV-546 (D.D.C.), in which AFP asserted copyright infringement arising from Google's unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted article fragments and photos in connection with Google's news aggregation site. Google contended that AFP's headlines and story leads were not copyrightable. Two interesting arguments, neither of which will be decided in this proceeding.
No indication from the parties whether money exchanged hands, though the announcement states that Google agreed to take a license for AFP's content.
A stipulation of dismissal filed today indicates only that AFP and Google had "resolved the differences which have arisen between them ...."
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