San Francisco/ND - Google Inc.has suspended scaled back plans to make the full text of copyrighted books in five of the world's great libraries searchable via the Internet for some time.  It just decided to do so keeping in view the outcry by the publishers. Google is the world's leading source of searching the Internet.

Google has decided to allow a concession for three months, it shall stop scanning copyrighted books to allow owners to inform the company of objections.

Adam Smith, Program Manager of the Google Print Program, stated that it would allow those copyright holders who contact the company to withhold books from the project:
 
"Any and all copyright holders ... can tell us which books they'd prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library," Adam Smith said in a statement on Google's corporate Web site.

However, Google is moving ahead with its aspiring plan to work with publishers and librarians to scan books in the public domain, which are not covered by the copyright.

Libraries participating in the program include Oxford University, Harvard University, the New York Public Library, Stanford University and the University of Michigan.

According to other press sources, the Goggle spokesman declined to comment on how many book titles are in the process of search on the Google Print site. That includes works like typing the name of an author, a book title or a word or phrase into a Web search box at http://print.google.com/.

According to Reuters, Google is working with publishers large and small to encourage them to make their books searchable. In exchange, Google can create distinct pages for each book with advertising and links to retailers.

As a further inducement, publishers can create a direct sales link to consumers for their titles.

"We are really excited about the scope of this program and the good it will do for the world," Smith said in a telephone interview. Google said that virtually all major U.S. and U.K. publishers are participating, at least in part, in Google Print.

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