Like it was mentioned before disruptive technology is
something that is really taking the country by storm. The current way of going
to libraries are going to change over time. I talked about a video library a
couple of weeks ago that shows all the major news broadcasts of the last 5
years. This is going to be a a developing trend in our current day and age.
Soon enough all the books we want to access in a library will be digital, which
will take away the entire need for having to go to libraries. I was never a
person that liked to go to a library or even read for that matter but the
desire to take away libraries and put in a new and improved way of accessing
the books we want to access.
Google has been feuding with the publishing industry for
seven years trying to come to a resolution. “The fight is over
Google's creation of a digital library that it hopes will eventually house
every book ever published. Google announced the project in late 2004 and began
scanning books -- with the cooperation of several major libraries -- but it
skipped a step: getting a green light from the authors and publishers whose
books were being scanned. Their trade groups filed a pair of lawsuits against
Google in 2005.” This has been a coveted plan for Google considering they have
been planning this since 2004. This is a perfect example of disruptive
technology that will result in no longer needing to use libraries. Google had
an issue with the publishers on how this whole process would go, and now they
have finally agreed to a settlement. The deal that was agreed upon allows the
millions of books already scanned by Google to be used as well as setting a
bunch of rules for later on in the future.
This would be truly innovative for
Google, this tool would be something that would be frequently used among lots
of people in several industries. It is amazing to see the changes in certain
everyday things that we always expect. Libraries have always been a common
place among lots of public spots. Just thinking about the changes it will go
through is just amazing to think about.
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