February 2, 2012 06:16 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mGaeXoXvfGw/french-court-rules-that-its.html
French court rules that it's illegally anticompetitive for Google to provide free maps API
A French court has ruled that Google's free Google Maps application API is anti-competitive and has ordered the company to pay €500,000 to Bottin Cartographes, a for-pay map company, as well as a €15,000 fine. Bottin Cartographes argued that Google was only planning to give away the service for free until all the competitors had [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mGaeXoXvfGw/french-court-rules-that-its.html
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