By Robert Darnton
How can we navigate through the information landscape that is only
beginning to come into view? The question is more urgent than ever
following the recent settlement between Google and the authors and
publishers who were suing it for alleged breach of copyright. For the
last four years, Google has been digitizing millions of books,
including many covered by copyright, from the collections of major
research libraries, and making the texts searchable online. The
authors and publishers objected that digitizing constituted a
violation of their copyrights. After lengthy negotiations, the
plaintiffs and Google agreed on a settlement, which will have a
profound effect on the way books reach readers for the foreseeable
future. What will that future be?
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