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Google Books: Ten libraries in the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States).  system, including UCLA's, will join Google's book-scanning project. The plan by the online search giant to convert millions of library books into digital form Google's project has been criticized by opponents as copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright
infringement of copyright

plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
. The UC system joins Stanford, Michigan, Harvard and the New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world.  and Oxford University in allowing the scanning. Google said it only plans to use public domain books in their entirety The whole, in contradistinction to a moiety or part only. When land is conveyed to Husband and Wife, they do not take by moieties, but both are seised of the entirety.  and will use-portions of copyrighted material. The Mountain View-based company is paying for the project.
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Aug 14, 2006
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