18 December 2009
French Court Condemns Google for Scanning Copyrighted Books
On
18 December 2009, the Paris Civil
Court ruled that Goolge Inc. violated the French
copyright laws by scanning around 10,0007 copyrighted books without prior
permission of French authors.
La
Martiniere, the French Publishers' Association, and authors' groups
La Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL), were granted 300,000 euros plus interest
to compensate the damages incurred by Google' library project.
The
Court also ordered Google to remove extracts of the French books from its
online database. If Google fails to comply with the ruling, it has to pay
10,000 euro per day to the French editors and publishers as punishment.
See also: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE5BH1AI20091218?type=marketsNews
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