Quelques nouvelles du projet de numérisation des livres de Google, de son origine et de la controverse juridique. Anecdotique, mais intéressant :

Search Me? Google Wants to Digitize Every Book. Publishers Say Read the Fine Print First. By Bob Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 13, 2006; D01

Pour donner le ton, un extrait de la rencontre entre le responsable de la bibliothèque de Standford et des responsables de Google :

"It was a very short conversation," Keller says. "Basically they said, 'What do you think about digitizing every book in the library?' And we said, 'Yay!' "