Poor Google as a Parisian commercial court has ordered Google France to pay a fine of
€500,000 for giving away its map services. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographs claims that Google leveraged the market share of its Maps platform -- and the fact that its free -- to undercut and stifle competition attempting to sell their topographical wares to businesses. We proved the illegality of [Google's] strategy," said Bottin's counsel, noting that this was the first time Google has been convicted of malfeasance for this particular piece of software in the country. A representative from Google said that it plans to appeal the decision, and reminded everyone of the company's belief that competition exists in the space. But don't worry, sit back, and relax as it wasn't you who got fined.
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