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CONTROVERSY: GOOGLE tries converting every book ever written to digital... Developing...
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| 4 Jan 2009
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Posted on 01/04/2009 6:21:35 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
CONTROVERSY: GOOGLE tries converting every book ever written to digital... Developing...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Reference
KEYWORDS: books; copyright; copywrite; drudge; google; gutenberg; pimpmyradioshow
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To: lainie
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:22:34 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: Jet Jaguar
thats ok as long as they track who reads which digital version and sends that info to the govt.
Oh and they need to censor what you can read to comply with govt directives.
no other issues here, certainly no copyright issues.
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:25:32 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Since you can pretty much watch any just released movie out there without even downloading anymore, books should be easy.
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:27:24 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:27:26 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: TornadoAlley3
To: Jet Jaguar
8
posted on
01/04/2009 6:31:23 PM PST
by
mhx
To: mhx
Yeah, no kidding. “Hello, And Welcome To 1997!”
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:34:38 PM PST
by
Omedalus
To: Jet Jaguar
Google will absolutely try converting every book ever written to digital. Just as long as said book has nothing to do with American History, the Constitution or Conservatism.
To: Jet Jaguar
Shouldn’t take em long to pdf catcher in the rye and the turner diaries to drum up business for the anti anything socialist rats !
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:36:45 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Jet Jaguar
Their effort needs a catchy name — may I suggest Project Gutenberg?
To: Jet Jaguar
I wish it was like the Sunday nights of old. :sigh:
heh..once Google has them all scanned, they’ll start charging by the word.
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:46:36 PM PST
by
lainie
(The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Their effort needs a catchy name — may I suggest Project Gutenberg? Google will need to launch a lawsuit to get the Domain Name. Probably allege cybersquatting.
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posted on
01/04/2009 6:51:27 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule." - H L Mencken.)
To: Jet Jaguar
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
01/04/2009 7:03:46 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(I said nothing about grammar.)
To: LiberConservative
“Google will absolutely try converting every book ever written to digital. Just as long as said book has nothing to do with American History, the Constitution or Conservatism.”
Actually, these will probably be targeted first. Then they will make “Liberal” use of the “find and replace” feature on their editor.
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posted on
01/04/2009 7:06:45 PM PST
by
Eccl 10:2
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
To: Jet Jaguar
Yep, there was a settlement recently - back around the end of October. IIRC, Google paid a large fee and can digitize. That doesn’t mean the books are available, though. What it DOES mean is that a Google book search will find the book when someone searches on a string matching content and then offer the book for sale if you have a sales arrangement with Google. Amazing research potential, essentially giving you a complete electronic index of entire libraries.
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posted on
01/04/2009 7:23:02 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
01/04/2009 7:26:09 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
01/04/2009 8:06:02 PM PST
by
lainie
(The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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