The latest objection to Google's attempts to digitize books comes from China, where two writers' groups say the search engine has violated international copyright standards by scanning Chinese works. Google Books has been around, and causing similar controversy, for quite some time. But only now have Chinese authors learned that Google had obtained their works from U.S. libraries.
At the moment, Google is close to an out-of-court settlement with a group of American authors and publishers over a class-action lawsuit involving copyright infringement. Will the details of this settlement also apply to those writers outside of the United States? Or will Google face further legal action?
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