French Publisher sues Google

[gford]

A French publishing group is to sue Google for publishing book excerpts online without permission.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5052912.stm

[Caios]

Sweet, feel the wrath! lol

[demmy07]

Google with all its money should know better. I mean they can get the best lawyers in the world so why would they get into this situation. Well having said this I think there are always two sides to a story

[minstrel]

The French seem to have a limited repertoire of pastimes:

1. suing organizations like Google and Microsoft
2. drinking
3. womanizing
4. eating
5. surrendering

(not necessarily listed in order of popularity)

[iowadawg]

Originally Posted by minstrel

The French seem to have a limited repertoire of pastimes:

1. suing organizations like Google and Microsoft
2. drinking
3. womanizing
4. eating
5. surrendering

(not necessarily listed in order of popularity)

6. America bashing

[jaybong]

Originally Posted by iowadawg

6. America bashing

Every country does that.

[visioninfotech]

Originally Posted by iowadawg

6. America bashing

i agree, most countries do, rest want to do

[Mong]

I love usa because they got most talented ppl there

[Rasputin]

Thanks all for inspiring my next blog 'popular misconceptions about the French'

Suing organisations - surely that's an american hobby?
Drinking and eating? You'll almost never see a drunk French person or a fat French person. Can the UK or US say the same I wonder
Womanising and surrendering, I'll grant you. And America bashing, well, some things just have to be done, don't they?
ps I'm not French, but have lived in France a long time.

[MikeSwede]

How about suing Google for scraping content from our web sites? Isn't that a copyright issue