News agencies[edit]
In March 2005, Agence France-Presse (AFP) sued Google for $17.5 million, alleging that Google News infringed on its copyright because "Google includes AFP’s photos, stories and news headlines on Google News without permission from Agence France Presse".[14][15] It was also alleged that Google ignored a cease and desist order, though Google counters that it has opt-out procedures which AFP could have followed but did not. Google now hosts Agence France-Presse news, as well as the Associated Press, Press Association and the Canadian Press. This arrangement started in August 2007.[16] In 2007, Google announced it was paying for Associated Press content displayed in Google News, however the articles are not permanently archived.[17][18] That arrangement ceased on December 23, 2009 when Google News ceased carrying Associated Press content.