How the Google Book settlement is perceived in Spain
By Paul Biba
Here is an article, in Spanish, from El Pais, which is an overview of how the settlement is being perceived. From a Google translation:
Publishers and booksellers, that depend on trade books, afraid that the emergence of giant will steal business. Antonio Avila, of the Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Guild of Spain, accused Google of violating copyright and the Berne Convention to take the initiative to scan books in America without first consulting the European rightholders. The French representative, from Hachette, reinforced the idea and said that France will go all the way for such an agreement does not affect French books and authors. For publishers, Google’s deal in the U.S. is not applicable in Europe.
September 24th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Under my point of view, the main idea of this article is: although some european editos want to fight google and press European Comission, Europe is going to react as always: too rigid, too short, too late.
Google has nothing to worry about.