Google has recruited another library to join its book-scanning project. The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain’s second largest library, has agreed to allow Google to scan its three million publications. Book publishers have been up in arms, of course, about the plans but Google managed to weave some clever stipulations like full texts will only be published online if books are out of copyright, and that books still covered would only be listed under a few sentences so they are indexable. That hasn’t satisfied publishers that claim scanning the books in the first place is a breach of copyright.
Some of Google’s partners have put their scanning projects on hold until the dispute is worked out, although the University of Michigan is proceeding. Adding this Spanish-language library will be a major step towards expanding the library globally. Release
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This article originally appeared in MediaGuardian.
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