- This one is filed under both “moronic” and “French idiocy.”
- A French commercial court recently upheld an unfair competition suit lodged against Google by a French mapping company called Bottin Cartographes.
- For what?
- Great question. Dur dur durrrr.
- For offering its fantastic free mapping services (a.k.a. Google Maps) to anyone with access to the interwebs.
- So that’s, um, like a lot of people.
- The French court ruled that Google’s free mapping service presents too much competition for businesses that get paid for their mapping services.
- So Google France was fined almost $700k.
- Moral of the story: if you’re really good at making something, and want to give that thing away for free, don’t live in France. You’ll be sued. Caca.
Don't continue to be a cry baby, France.
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