Google reaches settlement in Google News copyright case

Google has reached a settlement with Agence France-Presse, one of the largest institutions still engaged in a legal battle with Google over the posting of headlines, news summaries, and images on the Google News website.

AFP and Google signed a licensing agreement today allowing Google to post AFP content. The wire service will withdraw its lawsuit, filed more than two years ago.

Details of the agreement are not public, but AFP CEO Pierre Louette says content on Google News would drive traffic to websites with AFP content, and would go further than just allowing Google News to use "headlines and snippets of text to provide just a taste of what an article offers."

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