Google cofounder Sergey Brin pointed out that half the Google Print engineering team is French.
The internet behemoth's "Print Library Project" is an offshoot of "Google Print, " a program which publishers are not as vexed about--because work is used with permission.
The much-heralded project called Google Print would provide free online copies of out-of-copyright books and newer books still protected by copyrights, making them searchable with snippets of text available online.
Google Print also complemented efforts within the company to develop perfect machine language translation, which means that some day a scanned book will theoretically be readable in any language, anywhere in the world.
On the other hand, Google Cloud Print gives users little control over how their print output looks.
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Moreover, the Swiss court said that Google had to print notice of the routes its Street View cars would be taking in local newspapers in advance.
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If users want a portable copy of detailed driving directions, they can print Google turn-by-turn directions from the browser version or view them in the Roadtrippers iPhone app.
And the assumption in some of them is that some of that is going to flow into Google's print ads, that there is going to be some way that they're going to get additional feedback and additional advertising metrics than they already get from buying print ads.
And it has seen politicians and the judiciary take up the cause of European mainstream print media, forcing Google to pay over money to help the print industry adapt to digital.
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Having already digitized twelve million books, including out-of-print titles, Google will have a far greater selection than Amazon or Apple.
What about Google News which is driving print out of business?
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Another example is certain newspaper publishers that have lately begun to blame Google for all of the considerable difficulties that print finds itself in.
There were reports last month that Google was to cease production of Frommer's print guides, and move the business to an online-only operation.
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Also, many of Google's books are out-of-print volumes from before 1923.
Google has already digitised millions of out-of-print titles.
The book effort suffered a setback this week when a federal judge in New York rejected a deal between Google and publishers that would have blessed the scanning of out-of-print books whose copyright holders are unknown.
The entire time he insisted on digging print maps out of his suitcase, and I insisted on just having Google Maps make our driving route.
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"Many of us are objecting because we have been working together for years on the mass scanning of out-of-print books - and have worked to get books online for far longer than Google - and Google's 'settlement' could hurt our efforts, " wrote Brewster Khale of the Internet Archive in a blog post earlier this week.
Material which is out of print in the US, but still available for sale elsewhere, will not be added to Google Books, unless consent is granted.
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