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Microsoft to Better Live Book Search
Techtree News Staff, Jun 01, 2007 1731 hrs ISTMicrosoft said it has received permission from publishers including Cambridge University Press, McGraw-Hill, and Simon & Schuster for using their copyrighted titles.
Microsoft has reportedly said it will offer improved capacity to search copyrighted books on the Internet, even as it competes with Google for Web space.
The company said it has received permission from dozens of publishers, including Cambridge University Press, McGraw-Hill, and Simon & Schuster for using their copyrighted titles.
Interestingly, the changes to Microsoft's 'Live Search Books' come months after the company attacked Google for what it called the latter's 'casual' approach to copyright protection in services like Google Book Search.
At the time, Microsoft also said that Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of published works and make them available via its search system, without first gaining copyright holders' permission could open the door to massive infringement.
Microsoft's 'Live Search Books' is part of its 'Live' online services, aimed at increasing its supremacy in desktop software with a host of Web offerings to rival Google.
The company said that 'Live Search Books' would now include a counter offering how many pages are left within the number of pages allowed to be viewed, as also tools for easier searching within books using specific keywords.
Meanwhile, the preview pane would include a cover image, book summary, and table of contents, and the system would have links that allow readers buy books from online retailers or publishers.
The company said it has received permission from dozens of publishers, including Cambridge University Press, McGraw-Hill, and Simon & Schuster for using their copyrighted titles.
Interestingly, the changes to Microsoft's 'Live Search Books' come months after the company attacked Google for what it called the latter's 'casual' approach to copyright protection in services like Google Book Search.
At the time, Microsoft also said that Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of published works and make them available via its search system, without first gaining copyright holders' permission could open the door to massive infringement.
Microsoft's 'Live Search Books' is part of its 'Live' online services, aimed at increasing its supremacy in desktop software with a host of Web offerings to rival Google.
The company said that 'Live Search Books' would now include a counter offering how many pages are left within the number of pages allowed to be viewed, as also tools for easier searching within books using specific keywords.
Meanwhile, the preview pane would include a cover image, book summary, and table of contents, and the system would have links that allow readers buy books from online retailers or publishers.
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