Another update on the continuing debate over Google Books’ ambitions, the rights of authors and publishers, and now the rights of other monopoly-minded corporations. It seems that Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to sign up for the Open Book Alliance in an attempt to stop Google’s push to create the world’s largest virtual library.
The Internet Archive is leading the charge to oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the MASTER and PRIMARY source for online works.
Read the complete story here at BBC. It’s important to keep on top of this struggle because with the new power players in the Alliance, corporate rights will soon overshadow the individual rights of content creators (authors) and the consumer, yah?
