EU moves to counter Google virtual library
The French are worried about their language and ideas:
Nineteen European national libraries have joined forces against a planned communications revolution by Internet search giant Google to create a global virtual library.When did any Frenchman last have an idea that wasn't in some way anti-American?
"Such a move needs a tight coordination of national ambitions at EU level to decide on the selection of works," it added.
The move, organised by France's national library, comes after Michigan University and four other top libraries - Harvard, Stanford, New York Public Library and the Bodleian in Oxford - announced in December a deal with Google to digitise millions of their books and make them freely available online.
Google's plans have rattled the cultural establishment in Paris, raising fears that French language and ideas could be just sidelined on the worldwide web, already dominated by English.
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Well, JF, it's possible that citizens of the EU might actually be able to read books not available in Europe. That might cause, y'know, them to think. Sacre bleu! Can't have that now!
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