Christian Science Monitor editorial about Google Books project

["B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>]

"Is Google playing by the book" The search giant is on its way to 
becoming the world's digital library, but a private monopoly 
raises questions." Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board, 
August 7, 2009.

An excerpt:

"The ability of a student in Alabama or Albania to have access to 
the contents of the world's libraries online at their fingertips, 
for example, is a powerful concept and just one of the ways a 
free and open Web can lift humanity. But history shows that when 
a company - even one with talent and good intentions - acts like 
a monopoly, it is subject to abuses. Despite the potentially 
monumental effects of this settlement, it has had little public 
scrutiny. Yet it needs a rigorous examination."

Full text at:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0807/p08s01-comv.html

Bernie Sloan