一、导论2004年底,Google宣布推出庞大的图书数字化计划,该计划如能顺利实施,将会极大地改变人们阅读图书、获取知识的途径和方式。然而,该计划对版权作品的扫描和展示却颇受版权人质疑,计划推出不久便诉讼缠身,频频遭到全球出版界的抗议和诉讼。在中国,Google数字图书馆未经授权非法扫描570位中国作家的17922种作品上网的行动引起了中国作家的公愤。2009年11月18 I. INTRODUCTION At the end of 2004, Google announced the launch of a huge digitization program for books. If implemented successfully, it will greatly change the ways and means for people to read books and acquire knowledge. However, the program’s scans and exhibitions on copyright works are quite challenged by copyright holders. The plan was launched shortly after litigation and was frequently subjected to protests and litigation by the global press community. In China, the Google Digital Library’s unauthorized access to 17,922 Chinese works by 570 Chinese authors illegally scanned the Internet and caused an outrage among Chinese writers. November 18, 2009