I really hope that Google wins this as their news searches (http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ%2CGGLJ%3A2006-45%2CGGLJ%3Aen&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%2BCopiepresse+%2Bgoogle) are really nice. The teaser text they give for the stories they list are pretty brief. Given that the searches are more likely to steer traffic to the sites than steal it I have a hard time understanding why these news outlets don't embrace it rather than challenge it.

Court to hear Google-newspaper fight (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_hi_te/google_vs_newspapers)
By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A Belgian court on Friday will hear Google Inc.'s defense against local newspaper complaints that it stole content from their Web sites without paying them or asking their permission.

This will be the first time Google argues its case after the Brussels-based Court of First Instance ordered the California-based company to remove Belgian French-language newspaper content from its news index, threatening daily fines of 1 million euros ($1.28 million).

Google failed to appear at an earlier hearing that led up to that ruling and asked for another opportunity to defend itself against the charges made by Copiepresse, a copyright protection group representing the country's French-language editors.

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