In 2005, Google, the largest searching engine, was sued for scanning millions of books and the indexes by the Authors Guild, which represents writers and individual authors. The eight-year-old lawsuit ends recently. Google won the case for providing benefit to both people who use Google Book for research and writers and individual authors who gain more attention from readers.

Google is expanding and becomes a leader in many aspects of internet use. Google Books is very helpful to google users. It is a convenient access for viewers to search for and read books and strengthens google’s brand power. As a prestigious company, Google should clearly know the importance of respecting writers and authors and the cost of violating the law. When the idea of Google Books came out, staff in Google should have reflected these concerns to the executives. Missing this important point reveals either the ineffective operation inside Google where staff’s opinions cannot be effectively delivered to managers or the deliberate avoidance of paying for the copyright.

It is good that Google and the Authors Guild reached an agreement. Since Google has big power of influence in the internet and technology industry, its story will give a warn to other companies which might make similar mistakes as google did.

Reference

Pearson, Sophia. “The Vancouver Sun.” Www.vancouversun.com. The Vancouver Sun, 14 Nov. 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2013. <http://www.vancouversun.com/business/technology/Google triumphs over Authors Guild book scanning/9166273/story.html>.