Rumble in Googletown

In case anyone wondered if there was a future in eBooks, look at how much money and time Google’s putting into their Google Book Search. And it gives you an idea of the kind of MEGACOMPANY Google has become.  (And the kind of position they want in the eBook Revolution.)

Their book scanning plan was considered copyright infringement not long after it started when they scanned without always getting the approval of authors and publishers. So authors and publishers filed suit.

After lengthy court proceedings Google agreed to pay $125 million toward creating a Book Rights Registry to locate and register copyright owners and they would use the funds to settle existing claims. In exchange Google would be able to display larger selections of ‘in-copyright’ work.

Now the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the settlement for possible antitrust violations. Read the full story at PCWorld here.

Google obviously believes in the Revolution, yah?