Beijing Escorts: Google in Chinese copyright row
Google in Chinese copyright rowBy Kathrin Hille in Beijing Published: December 16 2009 19:09 | Last updated: December 16 2009 19:09
Novelist Mian Mian is taking Google to court over alleged copyright infringement for scanning her works for its digital library
Google is facing a fresh hurdle to its digital books project as a Chinese court prepares to hear a case brought against the US internet company by a Chinese novelist for scanning her works.
Mian Mian, a 39-year-old author from Shanghai whose realistic descriptions of life with drugs and among prostitutes, gangsters and failed artists, has attracted a large following of young readers, is suing Google for alleged copyright infringement. Sun Jingwei, her lawyer, told the Financial Times that the Haidian People’s Court in Beijing would start hearings on December 29.
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