Libraries ask for oversight of Google books product

The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries have asked the Justice Department to oversee Google's plans to create a massive digital library to prevent an excessively high price for institutional subscriptions. The groups don't expect there to be an effective effective competitor to Google's massive project in the near term. They asked the government to urge the court to use its oversight authority to prevent abusive pricing of the online book project.