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Lawsuit slapped on Google over copyright infringement
MUMBAI: While in India copyright is sometimes interpreted as the right to copy, abroad this issue is taken very seriously! This piece of news is a case in point.
French news service Agence France Presse (AFP) which asks charges users for browsing through content is suing search engine Google for copyright infringement.
In its suit AFP stated, “Without AFP’s authorisation the defendant is continuously and willfully reproducing and publicly displaying AFP’s photographs, headlines and story leads on its Google News web pages.”
Media reports indicate that AFP is seeking damages of $17.5 million. It also wants to prevent Google from using any of its content in the future. AFP filed the lawsuit in US Federal Court for the District of Columbia.
Content by AFP is sold by subscription and is not available for free. Google News scours news services for latest breaking news items from thousands of sources around the world and subsequently posts links to them on its news site.
Google News however does not publish the news articles and only shows a thumbnail image for related news items. In the suit, AFP alleges that Google ignored it’s request to cease and desist from infringing its copyrighted work.
The Paris headquartered AFP has bureaus around the world. It supplies its news services to various kinds of media, including electronic. It has 600 online clients.
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Paisabazaar launches Credit Premier League 2.0
Nationwide campaign rewards highest credit scores with Rs 1 lakh top prize.
MUMBAI: When credit scores become a national league, even your CIBIL report starts feeling like it’s playing in the IPL and Paisabazaar has just kicked off the second season. Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for financial products and the country’s largest free credit score platform, has announced the return of the Credit Premier League (CPL) 2.0, a fun, nationwide initiative to recognise and reward individuals with the highest credit scores.
Building on the success of the first edition, CPL 2.0 introduces higher rewards and broader participation. The individual(s) with the highest credit score in the country will win Rs 1 lakh, while state champions will each receive Rs 10,000. Additionally, all participants from the winning state, the one with the highest average credit score will also be rewarded.
All winnings will be credited directly to winners’ PB Wallet, allowing them to pay credit card bills, recharge mobiles, or settle utility bills seamlessly on the Paisabazaar platform.
Paisabazaar CEO Santosh Agarwal said the campaign aims to make credit awareness more engaging and mainstream. “With CPL, we are bringing together engagement, gamification and rewards to make conversations around credit scores more mainstream,” he noted. “Our focus remains on building a financially aware and credit-healthy Bharat.”
The first edition of CPL saw over 5.5 million participants, with the highest individual score touching 861. Delhi recorded the highest average credit score of 746.
Consumers can participate simply by checking their free credit score on the Paisabazaar platform or app. The CPL leaderboard and rankings will be available exclusively on the Paisabazaar App.
In a country where financial dreams are serious business, Paisabazaar has found a smart way to turn credit scores into an exciting game – because when your financial health gets rewarded, everyone wants to play.
