Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon created an alliance against Google Books

Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon joined forces to take legal action against Google Books, the book digitization project of Google search engine that aims to create a huge virtual library.
Microsoft confirmed today that joined Yahoo, Amazon and the Internet Archive in the "Open Book Alliance, a coalition that opposes the agreement reached last October between Google and publishers and authors associations American Publishers and Authors Guild.
This agreement will allow Google to show parts of the Internet and millions of books to sell digital copies of them, still awaits approval by the U.S. judicial authorities.
Google has already scanned and cataloged on the Internet about a million books whose copyrights have already expired or are nearing completion.
Initial plans include the digitization of the browser title of the most prestigious libraries in the world that in many cases were still protected by copyright.
After being sued in 2005, Google reached an agreement with the American Publishers and Authors Guild which gives authors and publishers 70% of sales revenues by 30% and Google.
Google Books still has many opponents around the world, but some large libraries, such as the National France, have begun negotiations with Google to digitize their collections.
Microsoft and Yahoo compete with Google in many areas such as searching the web and web-based software.
In the case of Amazon, the company produces and distributes e-book reader Kindle, which can be downloaded thousands of titles on sale at the online store Amazon.