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Google Found Guilty of French Copyright Infringement

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the slap-on-the-wrist dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "A Paris court on Friday found Google guilty of violating copyright by digitizing books and putting extracts online, following a legal challenge by major French publishers. The court found against Google after the La Martiniere group, which controls the highbrow Editions du Seuil publishing house, argued that publishers and authors were losing out in the latest stage of the digital revolution."

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  1. Yeah, but it's France.... by Itninja · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google should fight. Or, better yet, just threaten to fight. If the past is any indication, the French will surrender.

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    1. Re:Yeah, but it's France.... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I refuse. There are some things an Egg is good for. Pizza is not one of them.

      No, this is not my opinion, this is scientific FACT. Don't make me cite a source.

  2. Re:I don't get it by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what are they complaining about?

    I'm not sure, but I think one of the extracts included something about Snape killing Dumbledore.

    The French were quite upset.

  3. Re:It died long ago by LordAndrewSama · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a brit, I honestly never expected to, in my life, hear the words "the British have it right" regarding our government. What you say makes sense, but it just doesn't quite compute...