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Originally Posted by Hal 9000  It's a corporate site-- they could post replace anyone's review with dancing kitties if they felt like it. This is why I feel queasy about the Google Book Project-- entrusting all knowlege to a private corporation that we cannot appeal to as citizens is inherently dangerous. |
it's not like they are removing the books from circulation after scanning them
Any corporation that publishes a book has the ability to change the contents.
We're not trusting them to do anything - they are doing something that anyone has the right to do.