Oct 21st, 2009 - BusinessWeek
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A Chinese group is accusing search engine powerhouse Google of illegally copying Chinese-language works for its digital library, adding to disquiet about a project to scan millions of books.
The China Written Works Copyright Society, based in Beijing, posted a notice on its Web site urging authors to "bravely stand up and adamantly defend their legal rights." It also urged authors to check if their works are in a list of books that's part of a tentative legal settlement between Google and U.S. authors and publishers.
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BEIJING (AP) - The founder of a Chinese group that challenged Communist rule with a call for multiparty democracy has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a human rights group said Saturday.



