"If google scans the books that doesn't mean they own their intellectual property. They aren't preventing anyone else from scanning the books and offering them on a search engine on their own..."
not that simple... there seems to be some (temporary) exclusive rights google enjoys...
sorry, last post was a reply to :
LostSailor :
"Academics and librarians (many of the people pushing to keep Google from doing the digitizing) want to remain as the gatekeepers to books and published journals."
Actually, quite the opposite. Librarians and libraries are the ones that are enabling Google's digitization project.
Where do you think Google got all the books that they are digitizing? From libraries, including Harvard, U of Michigan, and, I believe, Stanford. As part of the deal, those libraries get a copy of each scanned book. The libraries are trying to expand access, not limit it.
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not that simple... there seems to be some (temporary) exclusive rights google enjoys...
this french interview of Robert Darnton (Harvard library) and Bruno Racine (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)is interesting (use some online translation if you have to) :
http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101596907-il-faut-s-allier-pour-peser-sur-google
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LostSailor :
"Academics and librarians (many of the people pushing to keep Google from doing the digitizing) want to remain as the gatekeepers to books and published journals."
Actually, quite the opposite. Librarians and libraries are the ones that are enabling Google's digitization project.
Where do you think Google got all the books that they are digitizing? From libraries, including Harvard, U of Michigan, and, I believe, Stanford. As part of the deal, those libraries get a copy of each scanned book. The libraries are trying to expand access, not limit it.
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