Google convicted in French copyright case
Last Updated: Friday, December 18, 2009 | 8:47 PM ET
The Associated Press
A sign is posted outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. A French court ordered the search giant to pay restitution to a French publisher for copyright violations. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)A Paris court has convicted Google Inc. in a copyright infringement case over online publication of French books.
A judge ruled Friday that the U.S. internet search giant must pay the equivalent of $458,000 in damages and interest to French publisher La Martinière.
Google was also ordered to pay $15,275 per day until it removes extracts of the French books from its online database.
Google's plans to scan millions of books to make them available online has drawn criticism from publishers and libraries in both the United States and Europe.
© The Canadian Press, 2009
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