Apparently Chinese writers DO care about copyright

The Internet giant's digital library, which allows users to search for and read all or parts of millions of books, was little known in China until October when the China Written Works Copyright Society called on authors to oppose a Google proposal to let it scan and publish snippets of books from around the world unless authors opt out. The Chinese group said thousands of works by hundreds of local authors were published by Google even though the authors were not informed or paid.

That's funny. Who knew obeying copyright law was so popular in China!