Google closed copyright battle
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31st October 2008

By Udo Hohlfeld

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The long-running copyright battle between Google and publishers, authors is settled. Goggle agreed to pay US$ 125 million with the result to continue its project of digitalizing the content of the world's libraries. Yet, the settlement has to be approved by a Manhattan federal court judge, which is expected to take place by next summer. Back in 2004, Google already started this project by digitalizing and indexing millions of books from universities and public libraries. Due to copyright issues Google's Book project has since then been opposed by publishers and authors, who claimed infringement of their copyrights. If approved, the deal pumps up the book search business by creating a giant online marketplace for literature for readers and researchers. The Google Book programme intends to allow consumers to search for books online and at the same time to purchase them. US libraries even may access this huge bibliographic repository for free. More information and opinions at: Seeking Alpha - http://digbig.com/4xtem FT - http://digbig.com/4xten PC World - http://digbig.com/4xtep

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