3 French Publishers Are Suing Google

Albin Michel, Gallimard and Flammarion have filed suit this week against Google and they’re accusing Google of digitizing their books without permission. They’re seeking one thousand euros for each violation.

Yep, that’s €1,000. And they have a pretty good idea of how much Google owes them, considering Google told them about the books being scanned last year. With a grand total of 9797 books scanned, they’re seeking 9.7 million euros.

It looks like business is down for these publishers, so they’re demanding a hand out from Google.

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