Most people think of scanners as that quaint mechanism that looks like an old photocopier on the printer, or an independent flatbed ideal for capturing receipts. But in commercial terms, there are two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This article is more than 3 years old. The Fancy Pro ...

Accessing a plethora of information through portable devices is something much more practically beneficial than carrying books and documents around! Where books and documents give you excess weight ...

Responding to concerns from several academic and commercial publishers, Google has made minor adjustments in its vast project to scan library books, and Google officials say they will not scan any ...

I never understood how scanning a book didn't count as fair use. Copyright was designed to prevent the unauthorized sale and distribution of protected works; scanning ...

“Someday all this stuff is going to be online. Right?” — An attorney, circa 1988. Digital libraries have been in existence since the 1960s. They caught on immediately and have been popular ever since ...

It still boggles the mind that the Authors Guild opposed this for so long. Google was returning free advertising for books helping to increase sales. Combined with e-books allowing old out of print ...