French publishers plan to launch a massive second lawsuit today against Google for scanning their books into its digital online library.
Chief executive of French publisher Gallimard, told the AFP at the annual Paris book fair that the publisher plans to take a shot at Google, along with other French publishers Flammarion, Eyrolles, and Albin Michel at debating the copyright infringement taken by Google against them.
Gallimard continued to say that Google has been offering resolutions for months and yet has continued to illegally digitalize copies of the books.
Google France declined to comment on the case Wednesday.
In December a French court ruling was made against Google citing the company had committed copyright breaches of three different companies each owned under the La Martiniere group by either placing excerpts from books online or digitally uploading entire contents of books. The court order stipulated that Google pay the publishers 300,000 euros to the publishers in damages and that the company stop scanning French books without prior approval.
Google has since appealed the decision but since the court data US publishers have also challenged the company in a US court.
Digitilization of books has become entangled with preserving cultural and intellectual property in France over the last three months with French president Nicolas Sarkzy announcing a government plan to scan the all of France’s national treasures.
Sarkzy also pledged to protect the French heritage at a time when Google’s drive to digitalize everything may pose a threat to the country.
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