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How Google hides free copies of public domain books while directing people to pay-for reprints

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Google has been allowed to scan hundreds of thousands of out-of-copyright books from libraries around the world and supposedly this is a wonderful free resource for all of us. But, over the last year or two, I’ve found it increasingly difficult to find the free versions while Google Books presents reprints to buy. Here’s an … How Google hides free copies of public domain books while directing people to pay-for reprints

Google Video likely to disappear

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In the latest example of free hosting services not being forever, Google is planning to close down its Google Video service. Originally the service was due to close to visitors on April 29th with another two weeks for users to download their videos (until May 13th). Those dates have now been scrapped but it’s obvious … Google Video likely to disappear

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