by: Ron Nurwisah
The French aren't surrendering to Google or are they? French President Nicolas Sarkozy announce on Monday that his country would pledge some $1.1-billion to digitize that country's archives but didn't rule out the search engine giant as a partner to the grand project.
From the New York Times:
The money pledged Monday will finance a public-private partnership that will digitize the nation’s cultural works, Mr. Sarkozy said. Yet that partnership might well involve Google.
“The question remains open,” said Bruno Racine, president of the National Library, in a telephone interview. He emphasized the “necessity of a partnership with the private sector” in order to secure the capital needed for vast digitization projects.
Sarkozy drew the ire off France's literary community when he announced in August that Google was in talks with the National Library to digitize works. France isn't the only country that has a cool relationship with Google. Germany has also been a vocal critic of that company's plans to scan books and offer them up to those using search engines.
from: National Post
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