Google Win for Digital Rights in Question

Posted by Suzy Vitello Soulé on September 11th, 2009 at 07:49 AM |

It's odd that Microsoft would be crying foul when it comes to monopolies.

When it comes to electronic rights for out-of-print titles, whose side are you on? Microsoft, Yahoo and the the nation’s top copyright official—or, Google, libraries, tech groups and various activists.  Should Google win the monopoly on e-production rights, or should we heed the warnings of the U.S. Copyright Chief, Marybeth Peters, who worries that Google’s win would undermine Congress’ ability to govern copyrights, and spell disaster for books published overseas. 

It’s odd, to me, however, that Microsoft would be crying foul when it comes to monopolies.  Just saying…