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French Court to Google: Stop Scanning

Search giant must also pony up damages to publisher, industry

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 18, 2009 8:53 AM CST

(Newser) – Beleaguered publishers won one against Google today as a French judge ordered the company to immediately stop scanning French books. The court sided with French publisher La Martiniere and other industry groups, who claimed in a lawsuit that the search giant’s book-scanning project violates... Read full story »

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