French ruling raises resistance to Google

Google faced increased global resistance to its plan to digitise books when a Paris court ruled on the 18 December 2009 that the internet group had violated the copyright of authors and publishers by scanning French books held in US libraries without consent.

Deutsche Welle, 19.12.09: French court fines Google for scanning books http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5037615,00.html

ESO: Background information: Paris court to hear case on Google books http://www.europeansources.info/record/paris-court-to-hear-case-on-google-books/

ESO: Background information: Sarkozy offers funds to place France's cultural heritage online http://www.europeansources.info/record/sarkozy-offers-funds-to-place-frances-cultural-heritage-online/

BBC News, 18.12.09: Fine for Google over French books http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8420876.stm

Google Books: Google Books Settlement Agreement http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/press.html

France24, 18.12.09: Paris court orders Google to stop scanning French books http://www.france24.com/en/20091218-paris-court-orders-google-scanning-french-books-copyright-law-le-seuil

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