Re: [Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: The Coming Search Wars]

[sauer@xxxxxx (Sauer, Christine-Dorothea)]

da haben wir es. Gruss C-D. Sauer

kaemper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb:
> 
> Vgl. auch
> 
> Google Experiment Provides Internet With Book Excerpts,
> New York Times, 12/18/03
> http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0401/msg00000.html
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> Betreff: NYTimes.com Article: The Coming Search Wars
> Datum: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:46:57 -0500 (EST)
> Von: Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@xxxxxxxx>
> Rückantwort: liblicense-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> An: liblicense-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> The "wars" in the title take place between Google and Microsoft. This is a
> piece definitely worth reading.  Better than a spy thriller.  But the most
> interesting paragraph for librarians and readers comes toward the end and
> is reproduced below. For the rest of the article see the NYTimes web site.
> Ann Okerson
> 
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> The Coming Search Wars
> 
> February 1, 2004
>  By JOHN MARKOFF
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> The company has also been pushing hard to find new sources of information
> to index, beyond material that is already stored in a digital form. In
> December, it began an experiment with book publishers to index parts of
> books, reviews and other bibliographic information for Web surfers.
> 
> And Google has embarked on an ambitious secret effort known as Project
> Ocean, according to a person involved with the operation. With the
> cooperation of Stanford University, the company now plans to digitize the
> entire collection of the vast Stanford Library published before 1923,
> which is no longer limited by copyright restrictions. The project could
> add millions of digitized books that would be available exclusively via
> Google.
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/business/yourmoney/01goog.html?ex=1076656217&ei=1&en=4b6f8e48bd185e98
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