I thought the same thing, particularly since I had a really hard time getting a readable captcha. It is somewhat ironic that google invented a device for automa

I thought the same thing, particularly since I had a really hard time getting a readable captcha. It is somewhat ironic that google invented a device for automatically digitizing a book and then prevents people from automatically downloading them. I'm less concerned about their front piece - they do deserve credit for the preservation effort. I also don't mind eg, the Internet archive framing their web archive.