Le 06.09.2007 03:10, Karen Coyle a écrit :
> So this must be discrimination against Canadians, probably due to some
> resentment about the cold weather fronts that our meteorologists are
> always claiming that you send our way. Maybe with global warming we'll
> find a thaw in Google's treatment of you.
>
> Could folks try this from other countries? I'm just curious.
Yes, Google is blocking full texts for countries outside the USA,
even if they are in public domain. It's not against Canadians
(because its also against Europa, and, and...) it's in order to
keep them for US citizens only.
Some time ago Klaus Graf made a study about this, see:
http://wiki.netbib.de/coma/GooglePrint (but it's in German)
To access these blocked books you will have to use a http proxy in
the US.
(excuse my poor English)
--
Pierre Keller <Pierre.Keller_at_bcu.unil.ch>
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire
Bâtiment Unithèque - Université de Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny (Switzerland)
Tél.: +41 21 692 48 13
Received on Thu Sep 06 2007 - 03:58:11 EDT