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Second Google Suit Over Print Library Project

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-get-a-second-in-to-scan dept.

linumax writes "The Association of American Publishers, an organization of book publishers including Pearson Plc's Penguin unit and McGraw-Hill sued Google over its plan to create a digital Web library of printed books. The Association of American Publishers sued Wednesday after talks broke down with Google over copyright issues raised by the Google Print Library Project. Publishers say Google will infringe copyrights unless it gets advance permission for the scanning. The suit is the second by the publishing industry against Google's library plans and underscores the worries sparked by Google's expansion beyond Web search." From the article: "Google, which is working with five of the world's great libraries (Stanford, Harvard and Michigan university libraries, the New York Public Library and the Bodleian library in Oxford) to digitise their collections, stopped scanning copyrighted books in August after protests from publishers. However, it intends to resume its work next month."

5 of 354 comments (clear)

  1. Who cares? by casualsax3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Books are so 20th century. It it's not made of pixels I won't look at it.

  2. I blame it on... by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... the RAIN! Yeah, Yeah. I mean, the rain don't mind and the rain dont care. And you gotta blame it on something

    --

    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  3. Re:Won't matter for long by Zarhan · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the 11th book in a series, I have 1-10 sitting on the shelf, but I'm not gonna buy a completely oversized hardback to continue the series.

    If you are talking about Wheel of Time, I have found that it's much easier just reading the plot summaries or the stuff at book-a-minute. After all, nothing much has happened lately :). At least the number 10 is pretty darn accurate.

  4. Re:Won't matter for long by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    the army of proopfreaders

    Unfortunately, none of them volunteer their time to Slashdot.

  5. Re:Won't matter for long by stillmatic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bullshit. You have it backwards. People digitally scanning and illegally distributing said materials will drive the books to extinction. Not the other way round.

    People digitally scanning and illegally distributing said materials will drive the music to extinction.

    Nuff said.