Danish online job-search website takes Google to court

Danish online job-search website Jobindex has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google. The lawsuit comes a year after Jobindex complained to EU antitrust regulators that the US tech giant unfairly favoured its own job-search service. The Danish Media Association on behalf of Jobindex sued Google at a Danish court alleging copyright violations. This is the first lawsuit in the Danish courts under new EU copyright rules regarding platforms’ liability for content uploaded to their services that came into force in 2021.

What the lawsuit claims

In the lawsuit, Jobindex accuses Google of copying job ads to its own service without permission and wants compensation and damages for copyright violations.