"To stress how hypocritical Microsoft has been, it too scanned many books before it called the whole thing off." It ought to be emphasised that Microsoft supported more aggressive actions, including lawsuits, against Google's book scanning. To stress how hypocritical Microsoft has been, it too scanned many books before it called the whole thing off. It was losing the game to its competition, Google. At the same time, Microsoft used underhanded legal and political tactics to derail Google's endeavours, so this is merely the latest such attempt. This is not the first time that Microsoft (co-)creates or supports a coalition against Google in books, either directly or by proxy, as proven many times before (it's not a theory, it is substantiated). It should also be added that quite a few Amazon managers came from Microsoft. Amazon's infatuation with DRM is no news, either [ 1, 2 ].