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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. _Some_ US authors and publishers by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...It agreed to a settlement with US authors and publishers...

    It agreed to a settlement with some US authors and publishers. Most authors were not involved.

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  2. Re:Yeah, but it's France.... by Aardpig · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yep, same as the US going into Indochina after someone had warned them of a quagmire. Now who was it who warned them? Oh yes, the French!

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