Internet search giant Google was sued for $14 million by three French publishers who alleged the search engine scanned thousands of their books without permission.

Google Inc’s plans to bring an immense library to the Internet has been dealt a major setback by a US judge on Tuesday, rejecting a settlement with authors and publishers over Google’s digital book-scanning project.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York Federal District Court's rejection of the Google Book Settlement is a victory for the public interest and for competition in the literary and Internet ecosystems. The U.S.

The New York Law School Law Review has released a special symposium issue on the Google Books lawsuit and settlement, providing in-depth analysis of the proposed settlement by leading academic experts who attended the Law School's “D Is for Digitize” conference on the proposed Google Books settlement, held October 8 through 10, 2009. New York, N.Y.

Google opened an online e-book store on Monday in its attempt to jump into a market dominated by Kindle-maker Amazon.