Google Rebuffs Belgian Court Demand

Lawyers for Google in Belgium said on Wednesday they planned to appeal a court ruling in the country that ordered the search giant to stop linking to Belgian publications on its Google News site. The company is also refusing to add a link to the decision on its homepage.

The Belgian Court of First Instance ordered it to publish the decision or face a daily fine of 500,000 euros. Google says the demand is unnecessary due to the publicity the case has already received. The court will decide on the matter Friday, with a full appeal slated to begin at the end of November.