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• 30 Aug 09
  

  Patrick O'Keefe
  • The European Union's media commissioner, Viviane Reding
  • should be allowed to publish millions of scanned books online.
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  • • under the gaze of the U.S. Justice Department because it does not say what Google might charge libraries, who fear the service will become an expensive must-have
    • welcoming "private-sector initiatives" such as Google's
    • "Google Books is a commercial project developed by an important player," Reding said in a statement. "It is good to see that new business models are evolving which could allow bringing more content to an increasing number of consumers."
    • Reding said most European countries had been slow in scanning and publishing local literature for Europeana. She hopes companies like Google can take up the slack.
    • Earlier this year, the EU said it would study the Google deal after Germany complained that it had scanned books from U.S. libraries to create a database without asking the owners.
    • The Commission will hold a public hearing on Sept 7 and has invited people in the publishing industry and others to attend.
• 28 Aug 09
  

  Jonathan Bailey

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