How could lawsuit and criticism-distressed Google still boast of "doing no evil"?

"Offensive" product No. 4: digital library

The offended: writers and publishers

Google Digital Library has enraged a large number of writers and publishers in many countries.

Google unilaterally quit negotiations with the Chinese Written Works Copyright Society January 12, causing a dilemma for both sides. It was also in big trouble in the U.S., because 15 Indian writers and publishers, as well as 2 copyright protection organizations, have filed lawsuits collectively in a U.S. court against Google's settlement agreement on digital books. Before the Indians brought in their objections, a large number of writers, publishers and other organizations from many countries across the world had already submitted their documents to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the revised settlement agreement, and the court decided to indefinitely postpone a decision on whether to allow Google to ultimately carry out the digital library project.

Furthermore, Google Digital Library Project has raised wide concerns over cultural security in many countries that would prefer to build their own digital libraries. For example, after the launch of European Digital Library, Japan and France followed to build national digital library. Germany also officially launched the German Digital Library Project, and the digital library, involving more than 30,000 libraries and museums, is expected to be put into use this year.

Google's settlement agreement, which allows the company to scan and make available millions of books online and induce copyright owners to accept the agreement via a "waiver of copyright" clause, is a serious violation of international copyright protection laws. "It is absurd, unconscionable, and illegal that anyone can copy what they want from copyrighted works without permission, and then ask the copyright owner to give up the right, but that is exactly what the autocratic Google has been doing so far," writers said.