French court rules that it's illegally anticompetitive for Google to provide free maps

Only good news here is that your eyesight is not defective, nor are you hallucinating. The heading really is that irrational.

Bad news is that the heading is also true.

http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/french-court-rules-that-its.html

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/2/2/2766485/google-maps-anti-competitive-fine-france

 

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