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I think Google took this, and ran with it to some extent, it looks like they went beyond what Public Resource had and obtained some of that public-domain content themselves, while also using what Public Resource had made available.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Research Using Google Scholar 2010

Instead, I pirated books (lawyers and other official-type people take note, by “pirate” I mean I dress up in swashbuckling garb while I read free public-domain titles).

Falling Off the E-Book Wagon « Become A Robot 2009

Instead of a solitary scholar, or scholar with graduate students, preparing notes on a classic text, we might have that public-domain text on a website, with the public invited to add notes about anything within their expertise.

Onion Sauce! Onion Sauce! 2009

I think Google took this, and ran with it to some extent, it looks like they went beyond what Public Resource had and obtained some of that public-domain content themselves, while also using what Public Resource had made available.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Research Using Google Scholar 2010

Plenty of states have the satellite-kill ability, and that is only what is public-domain.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Prepping for Pucka. 2010

Google says that investment would be jeopardized if public-domain works are granted copyrights, potentially requiring royalty payments or deletion from online libraries.

Hot Topics Before High Court Jess Bravin 2011

Several musicians and educators whose repertoire regularly includes public-domain works, such as pieces by the Russian composers Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Stravinsky, say they can no longer perform or teach the music without permission.

Hot Topics Before High Court Jess Bravin 2011

The project was part of Google Books, in which the tech giant has made over one million public-domain books available online.

EU Calls for Digitization of Cultural Heritage Frances Robinson 2011

Google says in its brief that it digitized millions of public-domain works, including hundreds of thousands of books, and made them available free on the Internet.

Hot Topics Before High Court Jess Bravin 2011

I looked the other day into the sales of public-domain classics in 2009, when all those books were available for free.

Penguin CEO Adjusts to E-Books but Sees Room for the Old Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011