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Re:Google Loses Appeal, Forced to Publish €150,000 Fine on G... by nraynaud on Sunday February 09, 2014 @12:20AM (#7204478)
CAUTION, THIS IS NOT TRUE. Google is appealing the sanction, and in the mean time they asked an emergency injunction ("référé") for not having to do the message part of the sanction waiting for the appeal (on the ground that if they win the appeal, their reputation would already be damaged by the message). The appeal has absolutely not been ruled.

The "emergency" judge simply declared that what they asked for was not following the specific emergency criterion (basically they didn't believe the irremediable damage part), and he simply let go the sanction for now. Another Court will actually judge the appeal itself. If they win the appeal, they get their money back, and some bragging rights.

here is the PR from the actual court: http://www.conseil-etat.fr/fr/communiques-de-presse/sanction...

Re:Google Loses Appeal, Forced to Publish €150,000 Fine on G... by ithkuil on Sunday February 09, 2014 @07:06AM (#7205261)
Indeed, the title says "Forced to Publish €150,000 Fine on Google.fr", not "Fined".
Re:Google Loses Appeal, Forced to Publish €150,000 Fine on G... by nraynaud on Sunday February 09, 2014 @08:45AM (#7205519)
technically it's completely wrong, they are fined (that's exactly what they are appealing), and they did not lose the appeal.