Over the coming months, we will hear a lot more about the Google settlement and its ramifications. Although its a subject that may seem obscure and specialised, it concerns one of the biggest issues affecting publishing and, indeed, other creative industries - the control of digital rights.
No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained by scanning the worlds library books, and the truth, as Gleick points out, is that the company probably doesnt even know itself. But what is certain is that, in some way or another, ⑩Googles entrance into digital bookselling will have a significant impact on the book world in years to come. 题目:
1. Google claims its plan for the worlds biggest online library is __B__
A. to save out-of-print books in libraries.
B. to serve the interest of the general public
C. to encourage reading around the world
D. to promote its core business of searching
2. According to Santiago de la Mora, Googles book-scanning project will __B__
A. help the broad masses of readers
B. broaden humanitys intellectual horizons
C. make full use of the power of its search engine
D. revolutionise the entire book industry
3. Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the worlds books should be controlledby___C____.
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