Google and the Future of Books
Robert Darnton,
New York Review of Books,
Feb 16, 2009
This article gives the reader pause for reflection, once over the oddness of such a nationalist tone in a globalized world. "Who could not be moved by the prospect of bringing virtually all the books from America's greatest research libraries within the reach of all Americans, and perhaps eventually to everyone in the world?" Well fine, but as the author points out, a private company is basically being granted a monopoly over the enterprise. One wonders, though, whether having a monopoly over books is becoming increasingly like having a monopoly over the railroads: driving people toward a more personalized, more distributed and more flexible alternative. Via Norm Friesen.
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