Google Books: Peace, Capitulation, or Tactic

May 20, 2009

My newsreader spat Miguel Helft’s “Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries a Say in Prices”. You can read the story here. Mr.. Helft reported:

In a move that could blunt some of the criticism of Google for its settlement of a lawsuit over its book-scanning project, the company signed an agreement with the University of Michigan that would give some libraries a degree of oversight over the prices Google could charge for its vast digital library.

Mr. Helft does not tackle the strategic implications of this deal. I am not going to tackle them either. I want to ponder whether this means peace, capitulation, or another tactic.

Stephen Arnold, May 20, 2009

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Legal matters, News, Online (general), Publishing

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