It's another chapter in the unfolding drama between Internet search engine giant Google and the China Written Work Society. a fresh round of talks will take place next Tuesday. On the Chinese side, efforts are being made to set up a system which will make it easier for digital libraries, like Google's, to gain formal permission from authors.

Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration, says authorities are supporting the China Written Work Society in its demand for more protection of its rights.

Yan said, "Our attitude is that Google should obtain the permission of the writers first and then it can use the works of Chinese writers."

Yan Xiaohong says it is undeniable that Google scanned 80 thousand pieces of Chinese written work to provide digitalized versions of them online. He says research has already begun on a system that will allow Google to get the go-ahead from individual writers.

Yan said, "Through such a system, it will be easier to obtain permission for use."

Sources say the giant search engine pledged to pay 60 US dollars to the authors whose books were placed online, and promised that 63 percent of future sales, will go to the authors. But many writers are unaware that their books have been digitalized onto Google's library.
                                                                                                   Source: CCTV.com