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Chinese Author Sues Google For Damages Over Book Scanning

         

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12:33 pm on Dec 29, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Chinese Author Sues Google For Damages Over Book Scanning [news.bbc.co.uk]
A Beijing judge has told the Chinese novelist Mian Mian, who is suing Google over its plan to create an online library, to hold settlement talks.

After a two-hour hearing, the court ordered both sides to talk but did not set a deadline for reporting back, according to the author's lawyer.

She is seeking damages of 61,000 yuan ($8,950; £5,576) and a public apology.

The lawsuit was filed in October after Google scanned one of Mian Mian's books, Acid House, into its library.

Google said it had removed the book as soon as it learned of the lawsuit, but had no further comment on the case.

wheel

11:31 pm on Dec 29, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Good. Hope she wins.

tntpower

8:23 pm on Jan 6, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Me too.

I hope the author wins.

Google should stop stealing right away.