Publisher Steals Google Laptops


	Publisher Steals Google Laptops

cniq_cniq

6-6-2007 3:23 PM

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copyright, ebooks, publshing, strange, odd, humor

cniq_cniq says:

Although I found this incident amusing, I side with Google in the digital library efforrt.

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6-6-2007 3:28 PM

skwirlinator

I side with Google in the digital library efforrt.

Agreed

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