Google seems hell bent on destroying copyright law as we know it. Between the archiving of books online and YouTube videos, Google is taking the approach of infringe and defend if caught.

A court just found that Google violated Belgian copyright law by posting excerpts of news stories from that country’s newspapers. Expect to see a lot more of these cases in the coming years.

Google is taking the calculated risk that it has the financial staying power to outlast numerous smaller opponents. So far, that bet has paid off.

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With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.