By Mikael Ricknäs

May 28, 2008 — IDG News Service —

A group of Belgian newspaper publishers wants Google to pay up to ¬49.2 million (US$77.5 million) in damages for violating copyright law by publishing their articles on Google News and caching their web pages.

It made the claim in a court summons served last week, and made public on Wednesday. The Belgian publishers’ group Copiepresse first filed suit over the Google News service in April 2006.

“We entered in negotiations with Google to reach an agreement, but they have now failed,” said Margaret Boribon, secretary general at Copiepresse.

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