"The internet search giant is working on a system that would allow readers to download entire books to their computers in a format that they could read on screen or on mobile devices such as a Blackberry." (Information taken from TimesOnline) Google is trying to develop an book downloading system much like the Itunes music store.My main concern with this new technology is that this new system could lead to the stealing of copyrighted books. Right now it seems as if there are hardly any books that you can find the full text for online. With this system there will be an enormous influx of full text books available to the public, and it will only be a matter of time until it will be easy to steal the full text of books. Will this be the start of writers starting to speak out about the stealing of electronic books? Will this destroy the whole book industy?
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