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No, but the deal was just announced today. I wonder if before long Google will use reCAPTCHA to digitize books as part of the Google books project - all without
by apowell 17y ago
No, but the deal was just announced today. I wonder if before long Google will use reCAPTCHA to digitize books as part of the Google books project - all without the permission of the original copyright owners.
Edit - To clarify, I think that making information in the public domain more accessible is a very worthwhile project.
- lsb 17y agoAll the new books are pretty high quality, compared to old printing techniques. There's a lot of valuable Public Domain data that we're all itching to have, and having Google be the source for that is a distinct possibility.