http://therumpus.net/2009/09/a-quick-look-at-the-google-book-search-settlement/ Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://therumpus.net/2009/09/a-quick-look-at-the-google-book-search-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-9198 Jesse Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:00:14 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=31677#comment-9198 Just when you thought writers and artists were as overpaid as professional sports stars and actors something like this pops up in the news (insert sarcastic tone to text). Really, I see this as a growing trend in the flux of information provided by search engines. I just have one question, Will Google be the end all and be all for what people view or is everything accessible? For example, maybe Google will decide which books to ban and what material it photocopies and rips out of underpaid artists/writers' hands. Just when you thought writers and artists were as overpaid as professional sports stars and actors something like this pops up in the news (insert sarcastic tone to text). Really, I see this as a growing trend in the flux of information provided by search engines. I just have one question, Will Google be the end all and be all for what people view or is everything accessible? For example, maybe Google will decide which books to ban and what material it photocopies and rips out of underpaid artists/writers’ hands.

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