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23 October 2009

Chinese authors condemn Google book deal

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

A Chinese writers’ society has accused Google of infringing the copyright of Chinese authors by scanning and uploading their works as part of its Google Books project.

The China Written Works Copyright Society advised Chinese authors to search Google Books for their own works and be prepared to take further legal action.




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