France Fines Google For Giving Maps Away Free

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Submission + - France Fines Google For Giving Maps Away Free (techweekeurope.co.uk) 1

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judgecorp

on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:02AM

judgecorp writes: "France has fined Google because its mapping service is deemed anti-competitive. Giving away maps free is unfair competition for local map firm Bottin Cartographes, a Paris court has found."

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