Article: French Court Fines Google $660,000 Because Google Maps Is Free

[godofhell]

1.

$680,000 for Google is petty change that they can just throw away.
2. Google should block France from using their FREE services and see how long it takes the French court to change their mind (my bet is 2-3 days)

But if they pay the fine they are admitting wrongdoing. It leaves them open for any other mapping company to also sue them. They need to appeal the decision and should how ridiculous this really is before it spiders and affects other free provisions.

I never said they should pay. I just said the 600000 is chomp change for them. Google should continue providing free maps to everyone. If they dont like it MAKE YOUR PRODUCT BETTER and maybe someone will actually pay for it.

[sensational]

well everyone loves something for free and i and many of u are the same very bizarre story !!

[attackdog]

Google should shut down their .fr site with the page saying "Thanks Bottin Cartographes sueing us over giving you free maps we have decided to shut down google.fr" see how long that company stays in business then

[mjmacky]

Yet another reason to avoid living in France

[Derekizak]

They have absolutely no clue who they're dealing with, lol