Hehe, this one slipped my radar. I don’t have anything against google, but I think Google is really stupid to make this move. In case you didn’t know, this is pure copyright infringement and google is playing a very dangerous game. And I don’t think these are just backup copies of the books they are planning to scan/digitize.
Google will be scanning and digitizing millions of books from the University of California’s more than 100 libraries across its 10 campuses and making those titles fully searchable, Adam M. Smith, group product manager on Google Book Search, said Tuesday.
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August 10th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
There are books which are no longer protected by “Copyright”.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Books are always copyrighted by the publishers.
BTW, I guess all reading media will be digitized and we won’t have any libraries to go to.
What next? our thoughts being transmitted by an iPod?
August 10th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
yes benzamin is right… only the books which are no longer under copyright will be fully scanned….
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August 10th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
So looks like its all gonna be research papers…lol
August 10th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
I’m looking for a digital version of William Diehl’s Primal Fear. A friend of mine has it in paperback but with the first ten pages missing…..she says they once went for a walk and never came back.
Or anyone wants to type out the first ten pages for me here huh?
August 10th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
BlackWhite wrote:
Not forever dude, expire ve thei a lom.
August 10th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
Tell me what those pages say and i’ll gladly type it for u