After getting its settlement proposal in America shot down by judge for not doing enough to avoid screwing authors, three publishers in France, including the legendary Gallimard, are suing them each volume Google digitized from their backlist.

It’s getting harder and harder for the producers of creative content – like writers – to receive the benefits of their work. Yes, I use Google, but that doesn’t preclude me from asking if there are not now violating their old dictum against being evil. Arguably stealing the work of writers without compensating is surely touching on evil, is it not?