Google pledges only booklist in copyright row

Google on Friday agreed to provide a list of Chinese books it had scanned to put up in its digital library, but it still refused to admit having "infringed" upon copyright laws.

Late last month, the China Written Works Copyright Society (CWWCS), which protects Chinese writers' copyrights, said Google had scanned 18,000 books by 570 Chinese writers without authorization for its library, Google Books, which is available only to Internet users in the US.

After Friday's second round of talks with CWWCS, Lin Ling, a public relations officer entrusted by Google to deal with the case, said no remarkable progress had been made, except that the booklist would be provided in December.