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December 15, 2004
Googling the library
According to The New York Times:
"Within two decades, most of the world's knowledge will be digitized and available, one hopes for free reading on the Internet, just as there is free reading in libraries today," said Michael A. Keller, Stanford University's head librarian.
Other sources have also taken up the story. Michael Keller's hope may not be realized, however, as publishing houses aim to protect copyrighted material by showing only a few pages as a teaser, the way Amazon.com ("Look inside") does it today.
Soon we'll see librarians getting arrested for sharing copyrighted arcane journal articles researchers wanted to read but couldn't afford. Pirated copies of Sociology of Health & Illness and Pastoral Psychology. Worse than music downloading.
Posted by Mark at December 15, 2004 09:11 PM