Google has new problems with the book digitization project.

For several years, Google has been implementing a project to digitize books and create the world's largest electronic library. All this time, debates about the legality of such work have not abated, as well as whether such a library is needed at all and how it can be used. The most difficult period for this Google project was in 2008, when a conflict arose between the US Authors Guild and Google. Then everything ended well, because Google offered to pay $ 125 million, plus pay the authors the funds received by the corporation for this project. But now Google has problems again, as they say, “our song is good, start at the beginning.”

So, the other day, the District Court of New York declared Google’s agreement with the authors and publishers invalid. The judge decided that such a project would allow the corporation to become a real monopolist in the book market. In fact, the corporation plans to publish in its library more than 130 million books, according to the corporation, such a number of book titles exists in the world.
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It is clear that representatives of Google are unhappy with the decision of the court, and plan to file an appeal. In the meantime, authors and publishers have the opportunity to start quarreling in court with the corporation, seeking to get as much money as possible for the right to use their publications. In addition, authors and publishers can try to develop a new draft solution with Google, which will satisfy all parties involved in this project.

It should be noted that such giants as Microsoft, Amazon and some other corporations, which clearly felt deprived, opposed the agreement of 2008-2009. For example, Microsoft filed a lawsuit in court in 2009, arguing that Google’s actions to place digital copies of books for which copyright terms had not yet expired are a very serious violation of the law.

Well, now Google's competitors can be satisfied, because it is unlikely that a new solution will appear soon. We can only hope that the work on the creation of a digital library of books will continue, despite all the obstacles.

Via wired