EU: Google's plans of digitization of copyright material considered a case of “piracy” and “robbery” - by Jim Brunsden
European publishers will next week present their arguments against a draft legal settlement agreed in the United States to permit Google to include in-copyright works in its online digital library.
The objections come as champions of Europeana, the EU's rival project for a digital library, seek to muster support to compete with Google.
Helga Trüpel, a German Green MEP who is drafting a report for the European Parliament on Europeana, said Google's digitisation of in-copyright works in US libraries was a case of “piracy” and “robbery”.
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