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Yahoo and Copyright in Belgium

A recent article details the struggles that Yahoo has faced regarding providing links to archived stories found in a group of Belgian newspapers. The newspapers claim that providing such an archive is an infringement of copyright laws. The article states that Yahoo " 'respects the copyright of content owners' and said it would 'respond in an appropriate manner' to the complaint." Yahoo, like Google, has cached links to articles that the newspapers would usually sell for access. This is an issue that the US newspaper industry has faced as well, and presents challenges to both consumers and the industry alike. What do you think?