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I see good in this.
I think that as long as they offer to the public access to digital scans of books which copyrights have expired and might be otherwise difficult for people to have access to, everything is good and no one is hurt.

Sharing knowledge for the win.

I think they could also work closely with printing facilities so that people could for example buy new printed copies of a 18th century book on demand and have it shipped home. They could also do business with Amazon for the physical distribution of books.

The possibilities are endless. As long as they grant everybody free access to books that now belong to humanity I think history would thank them.
Posted by: Jemvie_z   Posted on: 04/28/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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altruistic???  ridingthewind | 04/28/08
Better Google than you know who.  fr0thy2 | 04/28/08
Google snubbed Project Gutenberg  Release The Hounds | 04/30/08
I see good in this.  Jemvie_z | 04/28/08
I agree  Been_Done_Before | 04/28/08
If they send back digital copies and books to the universities  Been_Done_Before | 04/28/08
RE: Is Google locking up historical works?  Peglee | 04/28/08
Lock up, HOW?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/28/08
Easily locked up  Mahegan | 04/28/08
Still not seeing it  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/28/08
The concept is laudable  jorjitop | 04/28/08
I can't see them now for free, so what's the difference?  ajole | 04/28/08

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