Re: Integrating Google Book Search content into OPACs -- summary of examples

From: Dan Scott <denials_at_nyob>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:41:40 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
2008/6/7 Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com>:
> So, as stated, I gave all our covers to the Internet Archive/Open
> Library project to be freely distributed in any way they want. The
> plan—which is now out of my hands—was to distribute them freely in
> many ways using IA's bandwidth and resources.
>
> Am I also required to serve it up for free to avoid being scolded by you?

Ah, crap. I apologize for missing the final paragraph of your email.
Something in my mind must have clicked off when I read your concerns
about bandwidth in this world of P2P sharing.

Making those images available via the Internet Archive seems like a
reasonable way to get things kick-started. Thank you very much for
that.

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Dan Scott
Laurentian University
Received on Sat Jun 07 2008 - 13:21:13 EDT