The "boys" are fighting!
Posted by Jack Cook on 11/30/06 in The Internet
Sometimes I think we are constantly watching a giant “soap opera”. Everyday in the news there is always something about someone going after someone else and today is no exception … but the difference today is that it is it’s the “big boys”.
Google wants to create digital copies of books. Sounds pretty good on the surface BUT a few publishers and the Authors Guild have brought suit.
In their effort to stay on top during this battle, Google has subpoenaed Amazon.com, Yahoo and Microsoft as well as a few others …. ah, just keep bringing more folks into the battle, it makes the “soap” more interesting!
Check out the latest setback for here at Yahoo! News … sort of interesting that this is from Yahoo! News (it’s really an AP article).
































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