Thread: amazon sends a note to google books.. we hate you.
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Old 09-09-2009, 05:02 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
1) Google has a massive head start over potential competitors, both in terms of scans and, if the settlement is approved, legal hurdles.
Microsoft had started a similar project years ago, before canceling it. They already had 750,000 books scanned in at the time of project end. If Microsoft HAD NOT decided to STOP their book scanning project, Google would not have had a head start.
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