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The stakes keep rising; the playing field keeps expanding. This is getting like a Supreme Court hearing (which is
exactly how it might end up), with friends of both sides filing briefs. Except Google doesn’t seem to have many friends
in its intention to scan books in libraries without the explicit permission of publishers. The National Consumers
League is not suing Google. Instead, it (the oldest consumer advocacy group in the U.S.) has
sent a letter (PDF) to
House and Senate judiciary commitees asking them to intervene and insist that Google obtain specific permissions for
its scanning venture, rather than rely on its current opt-out scheme. The NCL makes the same noises heard by the AAP
when it launched its suit: Google’s has a good idea, but is going about it all wrong.
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