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]]> By: bobby http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/29/nearly-but-not-quite-musings-on-playing-with-amazon-online-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-6068 bobby Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:15:32 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/29/nearly-but-not-quite-musings-on-playing-with-amazon-online-reader/#comment-6068 Google: These books are free Search giant makes PDFs of entire public-domain works available for download and print. By Candace Lombardi Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: August 30, 2006, 10:24 AM PDT TalkBack E-mail Print del.icio.us Digg this Google Book Search now offers PDF files of scanned books that can be downloaded and printed for free, Google announced on Wednesday. Readers can find the books by choosing the "Full view books" option on the Google Book Search home page before they activate their search. Once they have chosen a book from the results page, a download button is clearly visible on the top-right corner of the page. The PDFs are offered only for those books that fall into the public domain and are intended for personal use. "We use very conservative rules to comply with international copyright laws," Google spokeswoman Megan Lamb said. A book's availability depends on the country from which the user is accessing the site. Google blocks users from works that are not yet in the public domain for their country, Lamb said. A carefully worded note on usage from Google, included as the first page of each downloaded PDF file, explains what "public domain" means and how it can vary by country. Google also notes that users are responsible for following their own country's copyright laws. "Make noncommercial use of the file. Refrain from automated querying. Maintain attribution. Keep it legal," Google lists as usage guidelines. In other news: Will fiber optics replace the lightbulb? Google: These books are free Photos: Pictures that lie News.com Extra: Fire-the-coach sites a big business Video: Google wants to get inside your small business The bottom-right corner of every PDF book page contains a "Digitized by Google" watermark. While Google Book Search limits the amount of copyright text a person can view in one session, Google has been criticized for the project, which entails scanning entire works, many protected by copyright, in order to make them searchable online. Microsoft began a similar project but has offered an opt-in method for publishers rather than an opt-out one. Partners in Google's project to digitize library books in the United States and the United Kingdom include the University of California, Harvard University, University of Michigan, The New York Public Library, Oxford University and Stanford University. Google: These books are free
Search giant makes PDFs of entire public-domain works available for download and print.
By Candace Lombardi
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Published: August 30, 2006, 10:24 AM PDT
TalkBack E-mail Print del.icio.us Digg this
Google Book Search now offers PDF files of scanned books that can be downloaded and printed for free, Google announced on Wednesday.

Readers can find the books by choosing the “Full view books” option on the Google Book Search home page before they activate their search. Once they have chosen a book from the results page, a download button is clearly visible on the top-right corner of the page.

The PDFs are offered only for those books that fall into the public domain and are intended for personal use.

“We use very conservative rules to comply with international copyright laws,” Google spokeswoman Megan Lamb said.

A book’s availability depends on the country from which the user is accessing the site. Google blocks users from works that are not yet in the public domain for their country, Lamb said.

A carefully worded note on usage from Google, included as the first page of each downloaded PDF file, explains what “public domain” means and how it can vary by country. Google also notes that users are responsible for following their own country’s copyright laws.

“Make noncommercial use of the file. Refrain from automated querying. Maintain attribution. Keep it legal,” Google lists as usage guidelines.

In other news:
Will fiber optics replace the lightbulb?
Google: These books are free
Photos: Pictures that lie
News.com Extra: Fire-the-coach sites a big business
Video: Google wants to get inside your small business
The bottom-right corner of every PDF book page contains a “Digitized by Google” watermark.

While Google Book Search limits the amount of copyright text a person can view in one session, Google has been criticized for the project, which entails scanning entire works, many protected by copyright, in order to make them searchable online. Microsoft began a similar project but has offered an opt-in method for publishers rather than an opt-out one.

Partners in Google’s project to digitize library books in the United States and the United Kingdom include the University of California, Harvard University, University of Michigan, The New York Public Library, Oxford University and Stanford University.

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