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Summary Google Inc has yet to agree with authors and publishers on a legal plan.
Google Inc has yet to agree with authors and publishers on a legal plan to create the worlds largest digital library.The involved parties are still considering the options and have not concluded to a result as yet. Google, which runs the worlds largest Internet search engine, had scanned about 12 million books. Concerns include allowing Google to exploit digitized copyrighted works by selling subscriptions to them online and engage in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission. Google launched an electronic bookstore with 3 million books in December after receiving permission from publishers. Rivals such as Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, as well as a variety of academics and authors, complained the settlement gave Google too much power, or else violated antitrust and copyright law.
