Google has agreed a settlement with U.S. publishers who had accused Google of copyright infringement for scanning libraries full of books but, last week, the U.S. Justice Department urged a New York court to reject the deal.
“It is shameful that the European Union did not write a letter like the U.S. Department of Justice did,” Cristian Sprang, legal advisor to the German book trade association, told a news conference.
Source: Reuters
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