Interesting article in The Wall Street Journal for November 17, 2009 discussing the Google settlement and its focus on the five million books that are still in copyright but are no longer in print. As part of the settlement, Google will offer to sell these books and share the proceeds with publishers and authors. As we all know, this differs from Google's usual method of making content available free with advertising-supported links. See -- "Markets Declare Truce on Copyright Wars, Google concedes that information isn't free," WSJ, 11/17/2008.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1222688619008032339.html