Article: Censorship by Google Threatens to Derail Library Project.

Universities' and Libraries' Decision to Partner With Google Inconsistent With Non-Profit Status; Censorship Conflicts With Institutions' Academic Mission

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Interest Watch ("PIW") today warned Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the New York Public Library against turning over their research collections to Google, Inc. for inclusion in its Internet databases. PIW demanded that each institution receive an iron-clad guarantee from Google that the full contents of its collections would be used in its entirety for public benefit and would remain completely uncensored.

PIW Executive Director ...

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