2010年1月10日,谷歌公司(Google Inc.)图书项目(Google Books)亚洲负责人Eric Hartman针对当时在中国备受争议的中国作家作品被擅自扫描和收录的问题,在中央电视台的一档节目中宣读了一份致中国文字著作权协会的书面道歉声明,表示“由于不同的起点性概念和对中美两国版权法律制度的不同理解,我们(谷歌)的行为已经引起了中国作家的不满”。根据该节目的报道,谷歌同意停止扫描中国作家的作品,希望与中 On January 10, 2010, Eric Hartman, head of Asia at Google Inc.’s Google Books project, screened and included in the controversial work of Chinese writers who were controversial in China at that time. On the first file of CCTV, The program read a written statement of apology to the Chinese Association of Copywriters’ Authorities, stating that “[Google’s] behavior has given rise to Chinese writers for their different starting-point concepts and different understanding of the copyright laws of China and the United States dissatisfied”. According to the program’s report, Google agreed to stop scanning Chinese writers’ work, hopes and efforts