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That's incorrect. The court's ruling specifically pertains to the use of article content in the Google News aggregator and its storage in Google's cache. There is no mention of simply linking to articles in the search engine, nor would there be reason for one since the lawsuit was over the use of copyrighted article excerpts, not hyperlinks.

What Google is doing is akin to the punishments Microsoft used to dole out in the 90s, such as increasing Windows OEM licensing fees or threatening to revoke licenses entirely. Google is playing a dangerous game in monopoly-conscious Europe.