> I am wondering, are there any organizations that actively scan and archive books, even if they don't share them because of copyright laws? Amazon is almost a monopoly when it comes to books, and we cannot rely on it to preserve the books for the next 50+ years, and not every purchased copy is guaranteed to be around by then.
The University of Michigan and Google Books have something like this, at least for the UM library: https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/google-set... . I can't find much about whether it stopped completely, or just went quiet, after the lawsuits.
The University of Michigan and Google Books have something like this, at least for the UM library: https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/google-set... . I can't find much about whether it stopped completely, or just went quiet, after the lawsuits.