Google has reached a settlement with Belgian copyright groups representing photographers and journalists who were suing Google News for the way it linked to newspaper content.

The agreement was struck between Google and Belgian copyright groups Sofam, which represents about 3,700 photographers, and Scam, which represented Belgian journalists, The New York Times reports. For now, Google can run content from journalists represented by Sofam and Scam, but the company would not reveal whether the agreement called for it to compensate either group for content.

A Brussels court heard arguments last week from groups that remain in the lawsuit. And Google has a similar copyright case with Agence France-Presse, which objected to Google's linking to the news agency's articles and pictures in the U.S. and in France last year.

Earlier this year, Google lost a copyright suit initially filed by Copiepresse, a group representing French and German-language newspapers in Belgium. That case is being reheard, but the company has already removed links to 17 papers from its Google News page. Google's troubles with Belgian journalists prompted Microsoft to also remove web links to Belgian newspapers last month.