A slightly irreverant but factual FAQ on the GBS, from Wired.com.... The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: A Wired.com FAQ by Ryan Singel http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/04/the-fight-over-the-worlds-greatest-library-the-wiredcom-faq/
In the spirit of Google, I offer below, a "snippet": "16. Is the opposition to the settlement all about the so-called orphans? Yes. There are more orphans than in a Dickens novel. Google won't say how many there are. But UC Berkeley Professor Pamela Samuelson estimates that 70 percent of books that are still in copyright have rights holders that can't be found." -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net
