The irresistible force of Google Inc. has bumped into the immovable object of copyright, with the result that Google is calling a brief truce.
Last night, the internet company said it would halt scanning in copyrighted book material as part of its Print project. Google has antagonized libraries and rights holders by opting them into its program. Concerns have also been expressed about libraries compromising their public interest mission by ceding control to Google, a private for-profit corporation.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/12/google_print/
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-08-12T185012Z_01_EIC267751_RTRIDST_0_NET-GOOGLE-COPYRIGHT-DC.XML
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/12/AR2005081201694.html
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050812_4324_tc119.htm
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