[Geek news that seemed like it might be interesting]
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22library.html
Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web
By KATIE HAFNER Published: October 22, 2007
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections.
The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance, a nonprofit effort aimed at making their materials broadly available.
Libraries that agree to work with Google must agree to a set of terms, which include making the material unavailable to other commercial search services. Microsoft places a similar restriction on the books it converts to electronic form. The Open Content Alliance, by contrast, is making the material available to any search service.
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Full at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22library.html