[Web4lib] Google stops scanning copyrighted books

[K.G. Schneider]

> More on the Google front.
> 
> Here are a couple articles describing Google's decision to stop scanning
> copyrighted works for its Google Library project. Google says it is
> "temporarily suspending scanning until November, but publishers still seem
> upset:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/734v5
> http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_2939570
> _______________________________________________

This follows on the heels of a huge PR gaffe where Google got huffy over a
CNET article and vowed to snub CNET for a year. Come, quaff CNET's
schadenfreude:

http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-5790036.html

Perhaps while Google is on pause the libraries involved in this project can
think about marshalling their own resources for digitizing their collections
and making this content publicly, collectively available through some other
means than a monopoly interest.  

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at bluehighways.com