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Google Found Guilty In French Copyright Case

Google Found Guilty In French Copyright Case
A judge ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros to a French publisher, plus
10,000 euros per day until it removes extracts of the publisher's books
from its database.
By Antone Gonsalves
Information Week
December 21, 2009 07:00 AM
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/
google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222002747>

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A Paris court on Friday ruled that Google violated French copyright law in
digitizing books, but it;s unlikely the decision will be the last word on
the search engine's controversial book-scanning project.

A judge ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros, or roughly $430,000, in
damages to French publisher La Martiniere, which pursued the case on
behalf of a group of publishers, The Associated Press reported.

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Google on Friday said it planned to appeal the ruling.

"We disagree with the judge's decision and will appeal the judgement,"
Google spokeswoman Gabriel Stricker, said in an e-mail sent to Information
"We believe that displaying a limited number of short extracts from books
complies with copyright legislation both in France and the U.S. -- and
improves access to books."

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