Gallic publishers hailed an historic victory over Google after a Paris court ruled that the internet giant had breached copyright by making hundreds of book extracts available online. It was ordered to pay ¤300,000 (£266,000) in damages.
The judgment came in the latest clash between the French Establishment and the Californian search engine, which has been denounced in Paris as a danger to the nation’s culture.
With France taking the lead in a campaign against Google’s plan to become the world’s online library, President Sarkozy announced this week that he would spend €750 million scanning French literary and artistic treasures. He hopes that they will form the backbone of a French-led rival to Google.
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