[Web4lib] "hacking" Google Book Search to get whole contents

[Jeremy Dunck]

On 11/28/05, Ösp Viggósdóttir <osp at haraldur.is> wrote:
> Actually this doesn't work, you can't read the whole book. I just tried it,
> using the method people have been describing.
>
> Google only allows you to look at a limited number of pages from the same
> book, maybe 8-10 pages. When you exceed that number they block the pages!
> You have to be logged in when viewing pages, so they can monitor what you
> get to see.

I admit I only did 3 stretches of 3 pages each on 3 books.  I don't
really want to get booted.  I like my goog services too much.

If the intent of my email wasn't clear, I meant to point out that
there's activity in content theft out there.  That forum thread has
10,000 views and is in delicious' popular feed right now.

Which is to say, there's now fuel for the content owner's flames.