Copyright issues plague Google library

Google's original plan was to make it possible for people to read any book he or she wanted on the Internet. But this master plan has come into conflict with numerous copyright issues over the last few years.

Since 2004, Google has scanned tens of millions of books that still have copyrights into its digital library without notifying their authors. While netizens may be delighted to get easy access to any book they want, this has meant a great deal of legal trouble for Google.

Earlier this month, a court in Paris ordered the Internet giant to pay 300-thousand euros to French publisher La Martiniere in damages. In fact, Google's "digital library" has great economic potential.

Google has promised to pay 60 US dollars to each book writer as scan fee, with a further 63 percent of future sales from downloads. However, many writers claim they don't even know that their works are already in Google's digital library.