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Google Accused of Violating Copyright In China

Posted by timothy on from the capitalist-running-dogs dept.

angry tapir writes "The Chinese Authors Society has demanded that Google present a resolution plan by the end of the year and quickly handle compensation for Chinese authors whose books the US company has scanned without permission as part of its Book Search program. A local copyright protection group, co-founded by the authors group, has said it found at least 17,000 Chinese works included in Google's scanning plan."

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  1. Re:Is this really about copyright? by Dysphoric1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is this really about copyright?

    Absolutely. The way the world works is, when you are the underdog you "steal" the IP of all the countries around you until you achieve some level of economic parity, and then you hypocritically pull the ladder up behind you to try and prevent anyone else from doing the same.

    America did it. South Korea did it. Now, China is doing it. It's about preserving economic hegemony, nothing more.