French publishers bring their own lawsuit against Google
By Paul Biba
It looks as if Google is in legal trouble in France as well as in the US because of its book digitization.
Another battle between Google and the publishing industry begins today, as a court case taken by France’s Publishers Association and Society of Authors kicks off in Paris.
According to AFP, the plaintiffs are contesting Google’s 2005 campaign to digitise books without the prior authorisation of publishers or authors. The complaint was first filed three years ago.
Herve de la Martiniere, whose eponymous publishing group controls the Seuil publishing house, told the newswire: “We need to be able to deal with Google on a solid legal basis . . . It is unacceptable that someone would arrogantly take your books and digitise them without asking.”
He estimated between 3,000-4,000 works published by his group had been digitised by Google without his consent.
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