27 October 2005 10:00
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An open-source rival to Google's book project | Tech News on ZDNet
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"We want to digitize all human knowledge...and we can't risk having it privatized [...]".
26 October 2005 21:00
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Internet Archive Forums: View Post | Date: October 25, 2005 11:12:16pm Forum: announcements - Subject: Bookscanning Launch and Vision of an Open Library
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"At the event, Microsoft Network (MSN) joined the Open Content Alliance and committed to kick off their support by funding the digitization of 150,000 books in 2006! [...] Also, 14 libraries and library organizations joined in the last 3 weeks".
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