It is by no means certain that the settlement will be enacted (執(zhí)行) – it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts. But if it is enacted, Google will in effect be off the hook as far as copyright violations in the US are concerned. Many people are seriously concerned by this - and the company is likely to face challenges in other courts around the world.
   
    No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained byscanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gleick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself. But what is certain is that, in some way or other, Google's entrance into digital bookselling will have a significant impact on the book world in the years to come.
   
    注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。
   
    1. Google claims its plan for the world's biggest online library is _____.
   
    A)  to serve the interest of the general public
   
    B)  to encourage reading around the world
   
    C)  to save out-of-print books in libraries
   
    D)  to promote its core business of searching
   
    2. According to Santiago de la Mora, Google's book-scanning project will _____.
   
    A)  broaden humanity's intellectual horizons
   
    B)  help the broad masses of readers
   
    C)  revolutionise the entire book industry
   
    D)  make full use of the power of its search engine
   
    3. Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the world's books should be controlled by _____.
   
    A)  non-profit organisations                               C) multinational companies
   
    B)  the world's leading libraries                          D) the world's tech giants
   
    4. Google has involved itself in a legal battle as it ignored _____.
   
    A)  the copyright of authors of out-of-print books
   
    B)  the copyright of the books it scanned
   
    C)  the interest of traditional booksellers
   
    D)  the differences of in-print and out-of-print books