According to Wired Magazine, Google may be investigated by the Justice Department because of a possible anti-trust violation – making the world's biggest digital library. It was inevitable that one company attempted to make a digital library, but does this mean that libraries will die just like newspapers?
Other than the possible death of libraries, more people are concerned that Google itself is a bigger problem: a monopoly.
Columnist Brewster Kahle argues that the Justice Department should not allow Google to obtain a court-created monopoly because,
"Laws and the free market can support many innovative, open approaches to lending and selling books. We need to focus on legislation to address works that are caught in copyright limbo. And we need to stop monopolies from forming so that we can create vibrant publishing environments."
What do you think:
- Is Google a monopoly?
- What are we losing or gaining by the digitization of books?
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