Sunday, July 19, 2009

Democracy Now: Google Faces Antitrust Investigation for Agreement to Digitize Millions of Books Online

Google Faces Antitrust Investigation for Agreement to Digitize Millions of Books Online
Democracy Now

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether Google is violating antitrust laws by reaching an agreement with authors and publishers to digitize millions of printed books and post the contents online. We speak to Brewster Kahle, founder of the non-profit internet library Archive.org. He’s among critics warning Google could end up with a monopoly of access to information and exclusive license to profit from millions of books.

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