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Google online books plans raise concerns in Europe

Source: EU Observer
Brussels : Belgium | 3 months ago  
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As the scope of Google's plans to digitise millions of books gradually becomes clear, European publishers, booksellers and authors are up in arms about copyright, data privacy and censorship issues. They aired their fears in Brussels on Monday (7 September) at a European Commission hearing looking...
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