Sunday, December 03, 2006
Google Suffers Setback in Copyright Case
In the article “Google Suffers Setback in Copyright Case” by the Associated Press talks about how Google wants to create digital copies of books while Yahoo rejects Google on this offer. This quote “Google believes it can defend its plans to provide online access to millions of library books by obtaining more details about similar projects involving some of its biggest rivals”. Consequently, Google got sued by the Publishers because they stated they didn’t get authorization to make copies of the book and be allowed to put them online and to let anyone use the book if they have the internet. This quote shows how two companies are working together to start up their own digital database of books. “Both Yahoo and Microsoft are part of a large alliance of businesses and libraries working together to create a digital database of books, amazon.com has scanned a large number of books so consumers can read excerpts from books that they may want to buy”. This was an interesting article on how Google is working by themselves because Yahoo does not want to work with them. On the other hand Yahoo and Microsoft are working with one another to create a digital database of digital books.
Resource: Link to Newday:
http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-yahoo-google,0,2057254.story
Resource: Link to Newday:
http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-yahoo-google,0,2057254.story
