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Google Fined Heavily in France

January 3rd, 2010

According to BBC News: A Paris court has found Google guilty of copyright infringement in a ruling which could have ramifications for its plans to digitise the world’s books. The French publisher La Martiniere, one of several to take Google to court for digitising  books without  permission, won their case in French courts and Google [...]

 
 

Google Coughs Up $125 Million for Book Search Lawsuits

October 28th, 2008

Google has been trying to settle several different lawsuits brought by the Authors Guild and the AAP ( Association of American Publishers) over copyrighted works being put online for their much touted Book Search. The class action brought by the Authors Guild members was filed to halt Google’s endeavors to place the books online for [...]