BBC: The first books to be part of Google's Print project that will allow full text reading have gone online, but this first batch only includes books that are in the public domain -- normally because the period of copyright has expired. There should be no controversy here, if something is in the public domain Google can do pretty much whatever it wants with it.
However, APs article has a very negative tone, describing the list as "Google's so-called "public domain" works" and noting that "The program is designed to make more library material available through a few clicks of a computer mouse and attract more people to click on the highly profitable ads that Google displays on its Web site."
However, APs article has a very negative tone, describing the list as "Google's so-called "public domain" works" and noting that "The program is designed to make more library material available through a few clicks of a computer mouse and attract more people to click on the highly profitable ads that Google displays on its Web site."
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