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The article focuses on the conference that was held on May 15, 2008 at the Fondation Lagardère in Paris, France, on the initiative of the company Bibliomédias, about the introduction of digital content in libraries, and the problems that this perspective raises, on a juridical, political, economic and cultural standpoint. The debate was fueled by several guests who exposed their concerns about the strict law on digital content in France, the importance of actual librarians and the financial danger for artists.

The article focuses on the question of the access to knowledge in the digital world and more particularly on the increasing role of the Internet search engine Google in this domain. The author proposes a reflection on both the project of Google to make a digital library available online, called Google Book Search, and the project of the European Commission on copyright in Europe.