AAP/Google in Chronicle of Higher Education

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

Chuck Hamaker said:

>>>The constructive approach I would suggest, is to work with google to
link from the google "print" -actually dumb-print-version to the full text
version at publisher or vendor controlled, metered or subscribed site. Is
that happening? If it is I haven't heard about it.

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This is the way it seems to be solidifying:

Publisher and Google do deal.

Google scans, processes, and serves snippets of scanned books, a.k.a.
Google Print.

Google creates Google Payment Corp. to deal with financial issues.
http://tinyurl.com/agmy3

Publisher and Google do another deal, this time working out institutional
and consumer payment plans for accessing copyrighted content in its
entirety.

This is not hyperbole.  This plan is clearly stated in Google's U.S.
Patent Application #20040122811:
http://tinyurl.com/9lol9


Sincerely,

Brad Spry
Library Webmaster
UNC Charlotte