Google's digital library faces key hurdles


Author: Mike Swift
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Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstore out of millions of old books scanned from libraries around the world. Here's a look at three key issues that have emerged at the center of the controversy including orphan books, privacy, and competition (or the lack there of).

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