Current Affairs Czech publishers opposed to Google’s plans to digitise millions of books
The Google Books Library is a huge project under which the internet giant aims to scan millions of books and make them available on-line. In the US a court is considering a deal struck between Google and publishers that would cover all books covered by copyright in the US, a deal which would see copyright holders receive nearly two thirds of the price of books printed to order from Google Books. Now the issue has come before the European Commission in Brussels, with many in Europe wary of Google’s plans. Among them is the Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers. I spoke to its chairman Vladimír Pistorius at a Prague centre bookshop on Tuesday morning.
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