"Microsoft Slams Google Book Deal"
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352583,00.asp
Their reasoning:
[Microsoft argued that the deal would hinder its own business.
"Microsoft was and remains interested in search technology to improve access to digital books, an interest that would be substantially harmed by approval of the proposed settlement," the company said.
In May 2008, Microsoft shut down Live Search Books, its own e-book effort. The project started in December 2006, and managed to digitize 750,000 books and index 80 million journal articles – none of which were scanned without permission from the copyright holder, Microsoft said.]
It seems those most concerned with Google having a monopoly are also those who are most invested in monopolizing ...
