Google fined for digitising French books
A court has found Google guilty of violating copyright by digitising books and putting extracts online, after a legal challenge by major French publishers.
The court ruled against Google after the La Martiniere group argued authors were losing out. Google was ordered to pay €300,000 (£266,000) and to stop reproducing copyrighted material by French publishers.
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