I have really mixed feeling about Google Books. I lost a lot of books a few years ago, I really should have picked some good long distance movers.

Changes that Google Inc and the Authors Guild made to an ambitious plan to create a massive online library were inadequate because they fail to address antitrust and copyright concerns, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.

Google’s plan to put millions of books online has been praised for expanding access to books but has also been vociferously criticized on antitrust and copyright grounds.

The deal was amended last year after the Justice Department recommended that the original settlement be rejected but more changes were needed, a Justice Department official said on Thursday, on background.

On one hand I can understand the copyright issues, but on the other hand, there are many books that people would otherwise never know about, let alone read, that could benefit a lot of people. I’m still not sure how to feel about the whole thing.

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