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Title: Yahoo! Content Alliance Differs From Google Print

Author: Blank, Christine Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: DMNews, v27 n38 p19(2) Publication Date: Oct 10, 2005
  ISSN: 0194-3588
URL of Publication: http://www.dmnews.com

Yahoo!, Hewlett Packard Labs, Adobe Systems, and a number of other companies and groups have launched the Open Content Alliance (OCA), a searchable online database of works from technology firms, libraries, and other organizations. OCA's content includes multimedia files and is expected to contain advertising in the future. Although representatives from Yahoo! and OCA have not compared the service directly with Google's controversial Google Print search, they have noted that the content in OCA does not violate copyrights of publishers. Copyright material will be included, but only if permission has been received by copyright holders. Google has been sued by publishers who have claimed that its Print beta search violates copyright laws. The OCA is different from other content searches in that users will have accessibility to an entire work, rather than just be able to review some available works. Google has targeted its Google Print offering as a way for book publishers to advertise. Customers enter search terms in Google Print, then receive a list of book titles and page numbers that match their search terms. Search results also include a 'Buy This Book' link to online bookstores that carry the book. Searchers also have the option of finding nearby libraries that have the book.

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