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Google Opens 8 Sites in Europe, Widening Its Book Search Effort

FRANKFURT, Oct. 17 - Google said Monday that it had begun operating local-language sites in eight European countries for its Google Print program, its closely watched effort to make all of the world's books searchable online, expanding into territories where it has drawn fierce criticism.

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"expanding into territories where it has drawn fierce criticism."

May I ask why?

Authors and publishers dont like the idea of people getting their books via google for free

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so it's a money thing again?

I don't think real artists -which includes authors and not publishers- disagree with free

All it takes is a few...

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