A Paris appeals court has rejected a request by Internet search giant Google to invalidate the search and seizure of documents by French tax authorities, according to a copy of the decision obtained by AFP on Friday. The court rejected Google’s arguments against the 2012 tax raid and ordered the…
PARIS — Internet giant Google has warned it would exclude French media sites from its search results if France adopts a law forcing search engines to pay for content, in the latest confrontation with European governments. A letter sent by Google to several French ministerial offices this month said it…
PARIS (AFP) – Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from its search results if France implements a proposed law forcing search engines to pay for content, according to a letter obtained by AFP. The letter sent by Google to several ministerial offices this month said it “cannot accept”…
Leading French newspaper publishers called on the government on Tuesday to adopt a law to force Internet search engines such as Google to pay for content. In an interview published in the business daily Le Figaro, they said a law should impose a settlement in the long-running dispute with Google,…