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China authors demand Google apology
Authors accuse Google of copyright violation for scanning 20,000 books.
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2009 16:48 GMT

It claims to be the world's favourite search engine but the internet giant Google is making few friends among a group of Chinese authors.

They say the company has violated international copyright standards by scanning more than 20,000 Chinese books.

From Beijing, Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports.

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