While FrenchPresident Sarkozydidn’t namecheck Google directly , he more than touch to them , lay claim that their aim of scanning out of copyright books and putting them online will damage France ’s own record digitization architectural plan .
Speaking at an event yesterday about France ’s plans to place the body politic ’s books online , he said :
“ We wo n’t permit ourselves be stripped of our heritage to the benefit of a with child fellowship , no matter how friendly , big or American it is ”
It ’s not the first time Google ’s been attacked over its Books scheme , with the controversy coming to a oral sex in October when Sergey Brin wasforced to defend Googlein a column in the New York Times .
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write for the New York Times , Brin enjoin :
“ This agreement aim to make zillion of out - of - print but in - right of first publication books uncommitted either for a fee or for destitute with ad support , with the majority of the receipts flow back to the rights holders , be they generator or publishers ”
With argument surrounding theGoogle Booksplan for over a class now , I have a feeling this is n’t the last of it , especially now that the hot - headed Gallic President has weighed in . [ Reuters ]
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