French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he would not let his country’s literary heritage be taken away by a “friendly” large American company, in a thinly veiled challenge to Google.France is anxious to avoid French-language literature being swallowed by major international digitisation projects and is looking to create its own national digital champion.
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France’s Sarkozy takes on Google in books dispute
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he would not let his country’s literary heritage be taken away by a “friendly” large American company, in a thinly veiled challenge to Google.