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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Google backtracks on putting world’s books online - Dominic Rushe, Times Online
Google has slashed in half its controversial plans to become the world’s biggest online library in a legal move to appease critics, including China, the US Justice Department, authors and publishers. In an American legal filing made close to midnight on Friday, Google and its publishing allies set out their latest proposal for a plan that will allow Google to distribute millions of books online. The agreement is designed to settle a 2005 class action lawsuit accusing the search engine of copyright infringement after it started scanning vast libraries of books.
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