The author doesn't understand how the internet works. In many ways, the First Law of the Internet, as inescapable as a law of physics, is that if the informati

The author doesn't understand how the internet works. In many ways, the First Law of the Internet, as inescapable as a law of physics, is that if the information exists, infinitely many copies will be made. Software piracy is a great example of this: you simply cannot restrict movement of information. It's actually impossible. It doesn't matter how hard anyone tries, governments and private companies both included. The problem today is that the information does not exist in digital form. If Google digitizes it, to say that it'll be closed access is to have a deep misunderstanding of how the internet works. Whether or not Google remains the portal which people use to access it will be determined separately, by whether or not Google remains the best way to do so.