Darnton, R. (2011, March). A digital library better than google’s. The New York Times. Retrieved from April 15, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/opinion/24darnton.html?_r=1&src=tptw.
This article reviews Google’s plan to digitize all hard copies of books and make them available to viewers all over the world. The settlement was rejected between Google and the authors of these books, this prevented the monopoly of one company over literary works. This lawsuit then lead to the future distribution of the books rather than have the company reprimanded for its actions. The judge administering the case put an end to it by having the members of the case re-write the settlement so that it met criteria. However Google may turn down the proposition due to their loss of the revenue. So this is an ongoing issue.
In my opinion it would be wise to work hand and hand with since it is one of the leading companies of the digital age. Google has thousands of books already transitioned into the digital medium, and it would certainly help initiate a digital library. The article continued to describe the emphasis of creating a digital library from inspiration of Google. The Digital Public Library would be Universal and would follow copyright regulations as well. Imagine, all hard books scanned and documented and just a click away, it is revolutionary. People all over the world will have free access to all sorts of documentation and will be able to educate and expand their minds from home, work, school, basically anywhere. There are still problems that they pointed out in having a digital library but they can be easily fixed. A digital library is definitely the way of the future, to deny such a technology to expand education would be a waste.
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