Last week's news reported that Google has temporarily suspended its project of scanning library materials still in copyright, while sorting out copyright issues with the publishing industry. The best headline is from Confessions of a Mad Librarian. Google Blinks, she says. But in truth, we could find nothing to read on this subject which doesn't have its authors' assumptions and prejudices built in. So we will just give you some links and let you filter them for opinion yourselves...
News stories:
San Jose Mercury News
Washington Post
Business Week
The Book Standard
Opinion:
Tim O'Reilly
Red Herring
Librarian.net
A Copyfighter's Musings
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