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...setting the stage for Google Book Search to become the biggest library in the world. It cedes to Google the digital rights to all “orphan books,” any book still copyrighted but out-of-print, without a publisher or an author claiming royalties. Millions upon millions of these books can be found in university and national libraries throughout the world. Furthermore, the agreement permits Google to continue to digitize copyright-protected books on the condition that they charge for access and give 63% of the revenue generated to the copyright holders, represented...
...testimony to our strength of spirit that we embrace a new frugality forced upon us by the economy [April 27]. But will this renunciation of excess continue beyond the current crisis? Look how quickly sales of big trucks and SUVs rebounded once gas prices dropped. Smaller, greener vehicles were so much more attractive when our pocketbooks were under attack. Similarly, McMansions have gobbled up farmland--and now we're stuck with them for decades to come. Let's hope that when the world economy recovers, the monster vehicles will remain on scrap heaps, builders won't build monstrosities and people...
...gesture of goodwill. The WHA is a relatively low-risk international body for China to allow Taiwan to enter, as it is a health body, without strong political implications that could allow Taiwan to be treated as an independent nation. Taiwan has been invited to participate under the agreed upon name "Chinese Taipei" - the same name Taiwan uses for its Olympic team. To health officials in Taiwan, the invitation did not come a moment too soon. The swine flu is expected to be the focus of the May 18-27 meeting in Geneva. "We will now be able...
...chief concerns is that over-reliance on government spending for growth will undermine a Chinese economic goal: boosting consumer spending to achieve a more balanced economy, one that is less dependent upon consumer demand from the U.S. and Europe for growth. "The biggest problem with the state-centric growth model is it does not put much income into the pockets of the average Chinese and therefore it does not raise consumption," says Huang. "A year or two from now, suppose that the U.S. does not resume its previous pace of consumption -which is very likely- then the huge state-sector...