Microsoft adds copyrighted works to book search engine
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| Tiedt acknowledges that Google's wholesale scanning of copyrighted
| works in library collections will give it a larger database of books.
| But she argues that by working with publishers and obtaining their
| permission, Microsoft will be able to offer a better experience
| to users.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/01/Ms-adds-copyrighted-works-to-book-search_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/01/Ms-adds-copyrighted-works-to-book-search_1.html
http://tinyurl.com/3xhhn6
Google Custom Search Engine For Book Search Partners
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| Google Launches New Tool for Google Book Search Partner Program from
| the Book Standard reports that Google is launching a new tool for
| Google Book Search partners. The new tool appears to be like Google's
| Custom Search Engine, but specifically designed around Google Book
| Search.
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http://searchengineland.com/070601-084848.php
Four German libraries to lend digital media online
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| To begin with the range of media on offer in the case of all four
| libraries will extend to about 10,000 titles -- e-books, music,
| audio and video material ? covering such areas as specialist
| literature, entertainment, e-books, travel videos etc.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/90488/from/rss09
Recall how Microsoft whined about Google's book-scanning and then did the
same thing. Same story with YouTube. They urge publishers to sue Google.
They keep mocking the other side, only to find that they are guilty of the
same things (video piracy, satellite pictures, large acquisitions and so
forth).
Related:
Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes
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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3bewws
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