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Disability Group Boosts Google Book Search



Disability Group Boosts Google Book Search
By Ryan Singel  August 7, 2009  |  3:00 pm  |
Categories: Miscellaneous 
Wired
Epicenter
<http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/
disability-group-boosts-google-book-search/>


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Googles Book Search program will help the blind and wheelchair-bound read 
more, a disability group told a federal judge Wednesday, giving Google 
some much needed support in its attempt to create the online library and 
bookstore of the future.


The American Association of People with Disabilities told federal court 
judge Denny Chin that vast numbers of books will be opened up for many 
people for the first time ever, citing the fact that Google Book Search 
will digitize books into formats that can be used by specialized readers. 
The nonprofit group asked the court to approve the controversial copyright 
settlement that Google struck in 2007 to settle a class action lawsuit 
filed by authors and publishers.


Thats good news for the search and advertising giant, given the settlement 
is under investigation by the Justice Department and is facing stiff 
opposition from rights groups and some authors. They are concerned that 
the settlement will give Google a monopoly on the worlds digital books, 
leading to problems with censorship, tracking and price gouging.


In particular, the settlement will help people who have a difficult time 
getting to the library or bookstore, while people with vision loss will be 
able to search for and read books that the general public can, according 
to the letter (.pdf) from the organizations CEO Andrew Imparato.



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