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French Not Happy With Google Book Plans
By Andy Beal
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-02-22
According to Reuters, France's national library has raised a "war cry" over plans by Google to put books from some of the world's great libraries on the Internet and wants to ensure the project does not lead to a domination of American ideas.
OK, all of our French readers, I'd like your thoughts. Do the French hate Google? Why is it that most attacks on the company appear to originate from France?
From Reuters:
"Jean-Noel Jeanneney, who heads France's national library and is a noted historian, says Google's choice of works is likely to favor Anglo-Saxon ideas and the English language.
He wants the European Union to balance this with its own program and its own Internet search engines.
..."Here we find a risk of crushing domination by America in defining the idea that future generations have of the world," he wrote, urging the EU to act fast."
About the Author:
Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian.
You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com.
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