Google has lost a major round in its attempt to put digitized copies of books on the internet.  Somehow Google thought it could overcome the copyrights of the authors whose works it was copying.  A French court, however, recently disagreed, ordering Google to stop scanning French books and awarding $430,000 to copyright owners who sue Google for infringement.  While the idea of having books on the internet is a great idea that will spread knowledge, Google does not get a free pass regarding infringing others copyrights.