physorg.com— The collection includes a large number of rare and orphan books. More than 20 languages are represented among the 1.5 million books, a little more than 1 percent of all of the world?s books.
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Could a universal, free library be hosted in a country that doesn't respect copyright laws and still be accessible by everyone? Maybe The Pirate Bay and other bit torrent sites could commandeer copies of these millions of books and just dl through torrents like we do with movies and music. Let's get creative and obfuscate these copyright laws and make the world a better, more educated place.
This new project for the world's larges online library dwarfs all other similar projects before it. I agree with the article saying the economic barriers to knowledge are falling. Hopefully, someday soon libraries like this will replace regular libraries, but people will still be able to access such knowledge for free.
See the thing about everyone saying bookstores are in danger is that first not many people like to read books on their computers, its just not comfortable to them. Second, books will always have a value as a commodity because it looks really bad when you give someone a stack of photocopied pages for a Christmas present.
kimmer1Nov 28, 2007
Probably the most exciting part of this will be free access to the OED.
maximusdNov 29, 2007
Could a universal, free library be hosted in a country that doesn't respect copyright laws and still be accessible by everyone? Maybe The Pirate Bay and other bit torrent sites could commandeer copies of these millions of books and just dl through torrents like we do with movies and music. Let's get creative and obfuscate these copyright laws and make the world a better, more educated place.
jumiskoNov 29, 2007
The books I looked up were all limited to 15% of the actual text. I would prefer to be able to read an ENTIRE novel, thank you very much.
jbrozettiNov 30, 2007
This new project for the world's larges online library dwarfs all other similar projects before it. I agree with the article saying the economic barriers to knowledge are falling. Hopefully, someday soon libraries like this will replace regular libraries, but people will still be able to access such knowledge for free.
friedman420Dec 2, 2007
See the thing about everyone saying bookstores are in danger is that first not many people like to read books on their computers, its just not comfortable to them. Second, books will always have a value as a commodity because it looks really bad when you give someone a stack of photocopied pages for a Christmas present.