p2p news / p2pnet: At least six million books, documents and "other cultural works" are to be put online and housed in the European Digital Library by 2010, the European Commission said, says Agence France-Presse.

"The European Union’s executive arm said it would help fund part of a network of digitation sites and study copyright issues that might arise," it says, going on:

"US Internet search giant Google triggered an international race to build an online library when it announced plans in December 2004 to digitize books and documents from a handful of big libraries.

"US Internet and software giants Yahoo, Microsoft and Amazon have since announced separate plans while France, angry that private companies took the lead, has pushed for the creation of a public digital library."

Ain’t competition wonderful?

Quick! Somebody tell the music and movie industries.

Also See:
Agence France-Presse – EU sees digital library of six million books, documents by 2010, March 2, 2006

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