Google has started removing AFP content from , after the French news agency filed a $17.5m law suit for copyright infringement.

Google has said it is to remove content from Agence France Presse, the French newswire, from its own news aggregation service, Google News.

The move is in reaction to the company launching legal action against the search engine last week accusing Google of copyright infringement for including AFP story headlines and précises on Google news. The company is seeking $17.5m in damages and the removal of AFP content from the site.

Google is currently in the process of removing AFP content, but has not released a schedule for when the removal will be complete.

Source: DMeurope