Google and Belgian papers in talks

GOOGLE and Belgian newspapers that sued the Internet giant have restarted talks in their copyright dispute, the two groups said yesterday, although a settlement remained distant.

After several weeks of discussions, Google accepted to include links on its search engine to the site of Belgium French-language newspapers, the two groups said in a joint statement.

Now, for example, when a Google user searches for La Libre Belgique, a link to the Belgian daily’s site appears, which was not the case several months ago.