Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Google's Print for Library program
It is a thought worth thinking but not actually taking seriously about the internet and computers taking over. Is it possible that we can live in a world where there are no books pencils and pens and everything is placed on a computer? If the answer to that question is yes, it is strange for how that will come about. Like anything about the so called virtual world trying to take over we are face with the difficult task of it coming to grips with the usual politics that it has to endure and the trade offs and the way we define the next economic structure.
Here is something interesting to look at. In the June 6, 2005 issue of Business Week in an article written by Burt Helm and Hardy Grove on page 42 titled "Intellectual Property: Google This:'Copyright Laws'" the authors discusses about Google new plans and adventure to scan entire books that might come into conflict with certain copywright laws. According to the authors, already five universities and other libraries including Harvard, Stanfor, Oxford, Michigan and the New York Public Library has already sent in books to be scanned. The endeavor is known as the 'Print for Libraries' program.
Here is something interesting to look at. In the June 6, 2005 issue of Business Week in an article written by Burt Helm and Hardy Grove on page 42 titled "Intellectual Property: Google This:'Copyright Laws'" the authors discusses about Google new plans and adventure to scan entire books that might come into conflict with certain copywright laws. According to the authors, already five universities and other libraries including Harvard, Stanfor, Oxford, Michigan and the New York Public Library has already sent in books to be scanned. The endeavor is known as the 'Print for Libraries' program.
# posted by Jamie @ 1:11 PM 
