Google news finally found in breach of copyright

Interesting that a Belgian court has found Google in breach of copyright (BrandRepublic) for reproducing Belgian French and German language news. "We are asking for Google to pay and seek our authorisation to use our content ... Google sells advertising and makes money on our content" said Margaret Boribon (Reuters) of Belgian press lobby Copiepress.

Why interesting? Because there's a number of precedents to show that, because the web is available to anyone anywhere, litigants can now indulge in a spot of jurisdiction shopping forum shopping by bringing their copyright cases against Google in the Belgian courts. The attempts by the Brazilian press (BrazilNews) to prove much the same case against the search giant may well be just the second domino of many waiting to fall.

(With thanks to litigation expert Dan Smith for correcting me on the difference between jurisdiction and forum shopping.)