Google Fined over copyright of French books

Paris court found Google guilty of copyright infringement, may plan to digitize books of the world.

The search giant must pay 30 euros (£ 266,000 in compensation and interest, the French publisher Marty Tournier).

This is one of many to take no clear Google to digitize books allow them to court.

Google also impose a € 10,000 a day until it is removed from the database, book excerpts.

Google expressed disappointment at the ruling.

“The French readers are now faced with losing access to a large number of knowledge, and behind the threat posed by other Internet users, said:” A spokesman for the company.

Serge Eyrolles, the French publisher L’Oreal Chair of the Alliance version of the French National Syndicate, said he was “totally satisfied with the ruling.”

“This shows that Google, they are not the king of the world, we can not do whatever they want,” he said.

Google to scan millions of books, so that they are available online.

This case will be seen as critics of the plan are worried that Google’s victory, who is to create a monopoly on information.

Publisher Charette Marty began his Nilles lawsuit three years ago, but Google continues to scan the books during this period.

Marty Tournier, the French Publishers Association and the authors SGDL who started a lawsuit initially asked Google was fined 15 million euros (£ 13.2 m).

This book publishers claim that scanning books is a kind of reproductive behavior, therefore, is fully justified paying the price.

Google’s plans to build a digital library of several buffers.

It agreed with U.S. authors and publishers of the solution, but in the renegotiation of the U.S. Justice Department concluded that the deal violated antitrust laws.