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Syniurge · 10-20-2009, 03:48 PM

This is neither good news nor bad news.

They're not talking about a copyright reform. They're not saying how they will distribute the still-in-copyright books, they're just talking about mass-scale digitization.

What matters is the final result, and if Google is the only one to digitize but at the end offers 75 millions of out-of-print books affordable DRM-free, there's no reason to zeal for competition in this task.

And people knowing Google and Reding should be inclined to trust Google more than Reding

10-20-2009, 03:48 PM	#2
Syniurge Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 18498 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: France Device: PRS-650	This is neither good news nor bad news. They're not talking about a copyright reform. They're not saying how they will distribute the still-in-copyright books, they're just talking about mass-scale digitization. What matters is the final result, and if Google is the only one to digitize but at the end offers 75 millions of out-of-print books affordable DRM-free, there's no reason to zeal for competition in this task. And people knowing Google and Reding should be inclined to trust Google more than Reding Last edited by Syniurge; 10-20-2009 at 03:52 PM.