Google Library Displays Public Domain Books

Society | November 4, 2005, Friday // 00:00

Google Inc.'s Internet-leading search engine began serving up the entire contents of certain books and government documents.

The items available online aren't entangled in a copyright battle over how much material can be scanned and indexed from five major libraries.

The list of Google's so-called "public domain" works include Henry James novels, Civil War histories, Congressional acts and biographies of wealthy New Yorkers.But a copyright dispute is threatening to crimp Google's plans.

During the next several years, Google wants to create digital versions of the books stacked in the New York Public Library and four university libraries, including Harvard, Stanford, Michigan and Oxford.

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