ZDNet Education Writer Wants Google Get a Break for Books
September 14, 2009
Wow. I wonder if cheerleading and supporting Google is going to be the new black. “Give Google a Break!” argues:
This book scanning thing is getting completely out of hand. I want Google to make money. I want them to make lots of it because that means that all of the services I use for free will remain free. It also means that they will have the capital to keep moving forward with bringing millions of books into the digital (and public) domain and advance the technology that will help electronic texts go mainstream.
I heard a similar sentiment on a recent Adam Carolla podcast. Mr. Carolla pointed to the profit motive as the reason for progress by pharmaceutical companies. I think Mr. Carolla is an entertainer and television / movie star. Is the method of argument the same in show business and the ZDNet Education online publication the same? Just slightly congruent? Anyone have a view point? I am undecided on this matter, but I think this is a step toward what I called the Pogue Opportunity in my essay “The Pogue Problem, Maybe the Future Opportunity?”
Stephen Arnold, September 14, 2009
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