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Bookworms Embrace Yahoo!

Stock quotes in this article: GOOG , YHOO , HPQ , ADBE  

Now Yahoo! (YHOO Quote) is hitting the books too.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet titan raised the stakes in its battle with rival Google (GOOG Quote) on Monday. The subject at hand is how books will be scanned onto the Internet so their contents can be downloaded and searched by people around the world.

Google has previously indicated it would scan books without seeking authorization from copyright holders, citing the so-called fair use doctrine and provoking a lawsuit from publishing world heavyweights. Now, Yahoo! and its allies in the Open Content Alliance say they are approaching book digitization differently. ...

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