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"Madam President, this is very ironic, is it not? What Google has done, taking on intellectual property and reproducing it for private usage, was clearly illegal at the outset, according to the conclusions drawn by the US Department of Justice itself. On a smaller scale, this is what we call piracy. Why should there be any difference between individual users who do this and an enormous company like Google?
Therefore, our first principle should be that the major players should not be granted any special privileges.
Our second principle is that we cannot be dependent on the goodwill of a monopoly. Like many of those present here, I find Google an interesting company. I think that their idea is an innovative and good one. However, what if they later raise prices, as, say, the publishers of academic journals are doing, increasing prices several hundred-fold? What if they restrict access to certain books? They have a quota of 15% for books that can be censured.
We need a digital library that is truly global, regulated by a global consortium, including universities, to ensure that quality is not being held back, and national libraries; a consortium in which Europe will, of course, have far greater power of leadership and decision making than it does at present. It started with books; the next thing will be works of art in European museums. Europe cannot afford to miss the boat on this matter."@en1
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