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Date posted: 10/01/2010 Google Inc. wants to apologize for its poor communication with Chinese authors about scanning their books into its online library and is ready to work out a settlement to allay copyright concerns, a writer's group said Sunday. The U.S. search giant has been working the past five years on an ambitious plan to scan all the world's books into a digital library accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. Google says the project is an invaluable chance for books to get more exposure, but many authors and publishers argue it is a copyright violation. The Chinese Writers' Association said it received a letter from Google acknowledging its efforts had upset Chinese authors. "Following discussions and communications in recent months, we do believe that our communication with Chinese writers has not been good enough," Google said in the scanned letter posted on the association's Web site. "Google is ready to apologize to Chinese writers about this," said the letter, which bore the signature of Erik Hartmann, Asia-Pacific head of Google Books. See the full Story via external site: www.physorg.com Most recent stories in this category (Legal): 01/05/2013: Cispa bill on cyber security passed by the US House |
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