Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Library Project – NYTimes.com

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Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Vast Library Project

The class action lawsuit asserts that a planned digital library amounts to large-scale copyright infringement.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

On Wednesday, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and other groups representing visual artists plan to file a class-action lawsuit against Google, asserting that the company’s efforts to digitize millions of books from libraries amount to large-scale infringement of their copyrights.