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Google Gets Good Marks as Internet Librarian

Google raised some doubts (some even from CEI) about copyright protection when they launched Google Library, but now the project is having just the positive effect its backers said it would: increasing book sales. It turns out that making information easier to find means people will seek out more of it. In other words, if Google can lower transaction costs of finding just the right books one is looking for, people will buy more of them. No word yet on whether the RIAA and MPAA have yet learned any lessons from this.