Google Apologizes For scanning Copyrighted Chinese Books
Google often scans hundreds of thousands of books but often without prior permission from the author/holder. They do it because those books can be easily searched and previewed via Google books. But this time Google got caught by few Chinese authors, who demanded apology from the search giant who scanned their books without prior consent.
Before Google could fall into any lawsuit, it rushed to apologize to Chinese authors for copyright infringement no less. Google acknowledged in the statement that it had scanned books by Chinese writers. It also said it hopes to reach a general agreement over resolving the tensions by March and to sign a final agreement in the second quarter.
Google Books’ Asia-Pacific head, Erik Hartmann, issued a public statement in which Google apologizes for scanning copyrighted Chinese books without permission. “Through the discussions and communications of recent months, it is our understanding that our communications with Chinese writers have not been good enough,” Hartmann’s said in the statement, according to the AFP. “Google is willing to apologize to Chinese authors.”
He also appeared on the state-run CCTV network where he also expressed his apologies. “I think Google has somehow displeased the Chinese authors by unawarely triggering their instinct to protect copyrights. We feel sorry,” CCTV translated his original quote in bureaucrat.
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January 12th, 2010 at 6:11 am
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