What's a buh ook????
In the future, packages will be sent to distant lands through beams of light. Also, every work of the public domain... and a good deal of copyrighted material will be available in a completely digital format via google's book search feature. Critics of the program worry that google (who already has over a million volumes scanned) will hold a monopoly on intellectual property, access, etc.
Google's invasive search features so far seem to do their worst in the private sphere - saving personal information, zooming in on your backyard, etc. But now google is invading the public realm in a way we haven't ever experienced before.
Check out more in this fascinating little documentary
-Evan
1 comment:
Interesting article in the Washington Post-- thanks for the link (search history).
The documentary is so BBC!
But it would not be made by PBS. Now why is that?
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