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21/10/2005
Publishers sue Google over library
Five publishing houses in America have filed a suit against internet search engine Google in order to hamper the publication of books in an online library.
The publishers - McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education and Penguin Group (USA), Simon & Schuster and John Wiley & Sons - claim that Google's plans would infringe their copyrights.
"While authors and publishers know how useful Google's search engine can be and think the print library could be an excellent resource, the bottom line is that under its current plan Google is seeking to make millions of dollars by freeloading on the talent and property of authors and publishers," Patricia Schroeder, president of the Association of American Publishers, said in a statement.
This is the second legal challenge Google has faced on its proposal to digitise library books.
In September three writers and the Authors Guild, representing 8,000 authors, filed a copyright-infringement suit.
Google stopped scanning copyrighted books in August after protests from publishers but it intends to resume its work next month.
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