Who’s book is it anyway? (Image: Andrzej Krauze)
NEXT week details of a plan that could shape the future of books and publishing in the digital age will be spelled out in a New York courtroom. The plan is complex but, in a nutshell, search engine giant Google intends to scan and make available perhaps a million or more books that are out of print but still in copyright.
Google has the support of the and the , but it faces formidable opposition. Some 400 legal objections have been filed, and the US Department…
