Amid Microsoft's Protest, Google Book Search Enlists German Library
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In the wake of fallout over a Microsoft attorney's public comments yesterday, chastising arch-rival Google for an effort he said would undermine the rights of copyright holders worldwide, the Bavarian State Library has signed a pact with Google Book Search that will enable the search provider to index and publish online a major portion of its holdings.
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Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books, instead signing on with a nonprofit effort.
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Microsoft launched its book search in beta form on Wednesday. However, unlike Google's project, publishers must opt-in to have their books included. Also, Live Search Academic receives a major update.
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Technology heavyweight Microsoft will unveil an online library that will compete with Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books, the company said.
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A Microsoft Corp. lawyer plans to criticize Google Inc.'s book search service in a speech Tuesday to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), saying the search company is abusing copyright and fair use rules.
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Complutense University in Madrid has signed an agreement with Google to enable the search giant to scan its library of 3 million works, becoming the first non-english library to join the Google Book Project. Spanish-language books including those from Cervantes and Sor Juana Ines will be digitized.
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Google Inc., the most-used Web-search service, will scan books and documents from four universities and the New York Public Library, offering access to material unavailable on Yahoo!
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Google Inc. is trying to establish an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its widely used Internet search engine.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is trying to create an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its Internet search engine.
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[Technology India]: Washington, Dec 15 :Google, one of the largest internet search engines, will soon start a service for gathering Books from some of the world&#39;s largest academic libraries, scan them and make them instantly searchable by their website.
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The libraries of some of the world's most important academic institutions are to be digitised by Google.
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Google Inc. wants to save you a trip to the library. The search engine that revolutionized how people use the Internet has teamed up with some of the world's greatest libraries to put their books in your living room.
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Put off by restrictions that Google and Microsoft want to place on new digital collections, several major libraries are instead signing on with a group that aims to make the materials broadly available.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will expand its books search engine by including copyrighted works in its index for the first time starting Thursday evening. Microsoft has obtained permission for all the copyrighted books included in the Live Search Books service, said Danielle Tiedt, general manager of the Live Search selection team. By taking this approach, Microsoft wants to avoid locking horns over copyright issues with authors and publishers. Its rival, Google, faces two copyright-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. over itsÂ decision to scan copyrighted booksÂ without always obtaining permission from copyright owners. 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. At launch tonight, Microsoft's service will feature "tens of thousands" of copyrighted books in its index, from publishers including McGraw-Hill Companies, Simon & Schuster, and Yale University Press, Tiedt said. She declined to be more specific about the number of titles Microsoft has been permitted to scan. Publishers decide what percentage of a copyrighted book Microsoft can show to users. If user decides to buy a book, Microsoft will offer links to external sites selling it, such as online retailers like Amazon.com or publisher Web stores. In the results list, Microsoft will also show users how frequently their search terms appear in each book so that they can get a sense of how relevant each work is to their search topic. Microsoft will also show information about the books, such as length, publisher, author, publishing date, table of contents and summaries. Microsoft launched Live Search Books in December of last year, offering only books in the public domain. In addition to including copyrighted books, Microsoft will also unveil enhancements to the service's user interface tonight. Google launched its Book Search service in 2004 and initially sought permission from copyright owners before scanning their books. It later modified its approach, scanning copyrighted books without permission as well. Google argues that it is protected by the fair use principle because it only displays short text snippets from copyrighted books it scanned without permission. Critics say the very act of scanning and storing a digital copy of a book without permission constitutes infringement. Google also scans public-domain works. Â
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FRANKFURT Google has introduced a search technology to help publishers sell books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Amazon.
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In yet another clash between tech titans, Microsoft is accusing Google of copyright infringement. Redmond claims Google's Book Search project robs publishers and authors of due profits by reprinting their content online for the world to view free of charge.
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Pot and kettle debate cleanliness Microsoft executive Tom Rubin will use a speech to the American Association of Publishers, which is suing Google, to slag off the search engine's attitude to copyright.â¦