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GOOGLE PAYS PUBLISHERS TO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS

Jose Segue January 28, 0209 0

In 2002, Google embarked on an ambitious plan to expand its search capabilities by copying the text of every book in the English language. They claimed the right to do this under “fair use,”

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30
Secret Emchy Society (record release)/Thee Olde Country @ Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo, Albany 8pm $12
Dale Watson/Laura Benitez & the Heartache @ Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 8pm $20/$25
Candy Girard & Kevin Russell w/ Matt Davis & Bobby Black/The Stadler-Gibbons Band @ The Lost Church, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa 815pm $20 (entrance on Ross St.)
Secret Emchy Society (CD release)/Thee Olde Country/Shawna Virago @ Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo, Albany 830pm $12
Lucy & the Long Haul/Kate Burkart Band/Frances8 @ Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster St., Alameda 9pm $12/$15