IDG News Service — The second paragraph of the story, "European Commission project challenges Google (GOOG) Books," which posted to the newswire Monday, incorrectly inferred that Google publishes so-called "orphan works" in Europe. Google publishes those only in the U.S. The seventh paragraph incorrectly stated the agreement period Google has for preferential or exclusive use of digitized material. The correct number of years is 15. Both paragraphs have been corrected and now read, second and seventh, in order:

Europeana is the E.U.'s digital library and currently offers free access to more than 15 million digitized books, maps, newspapers, paintings, photographs and other artifacts. This puts it in competition with Google Books, which also estimates that it has digitized 15 million books. The main area of concern for Europeana is in so-called "orphan works" material whose potential right-holders are unknown or books that are out of print.

In terms of public-private partnerships, the report recommended a period of seven years for any agreement for preferential or exclusive use of the digitized material. This compares favorably with Google Books' 15-year agreements.