Who's Books? Our Books!
May 20, 2005
Google's ambition to digitize the world's books is raising the hackles of Europe's cultural guardians, some of whom fear that American control of the digital library will exacerbate American cultural imperialism. Leading the chorus is Jean Noel Jeanneney, president of France's National Library, whose call to arms inspired the European Commission to fund its own digital library. Jeanneney tells Bob that what's good for Google may not be good for the world. But Google's Susan Wojcicki explains that the nations of Europe have nothing to fear.
