The Internet Archive has filed its final reply brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely watched copyright case involving the scanning and digital lending of library books. And with the ...

In a highly anticipated appeal brief, lawyers for the Internet Archive argue that district court judge John G. Koeltl misunderstood the facts and misapplied the law in finding the IA’s scanning and ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

In its latest brief, the search giant argues that the matter should be decided on a per-book basis rather than as a whole. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

If I could have every one of the books on my groaning bookshelves converted to EPUB format and shrunk to fit my iPad or Kindle, then I'd do it in a second. Or rather, I'd pay someone else to do it in ...

Google is cagey about exactly how it scans books for its digital library effort, but a patent reveals details--and the hurdles competitors face. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

A federal judge says that the search giant made "fair use" of library books and says its massive project "provides significant public benefits." By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Google has ...

Printed media may be dying, but that doesn't mean it can't experience a digital afterlife. Book scanning technology is allowing companies like Google to convert vast archives of old text into computer ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- In a dimly lit back room on the second level of the University of Michigan library's book-shelving department, Courtney Mitchel helped a giant desktop machine digest a rare, ...

Already bought a book and don't want to buy it again to read on a portable device (like the iPad)? Consider transforming an old digital camera into a DIY digital scanner for less than $20. Using ...

The rise of tablet computers, such as Apple's iPad, and e-book readers, such as Amazon's Kindle, has resulted in a rise in popularity for electronic versions of books. If you want to use one with a ...