Publishers have objected to the program, however, saying that even if only snippets of a protected work are displayed in the search results, Google has still violated the copyright by making a wholesale copy and keeping it on the company's computers.
In June, the publishers' association asked Google to suspend its project for six months while questions about the copyright issues were discussed. And in May, the Association of American University Presses sent Google a letter with 16 detailed questions about the program's parameters, and plans for storage and use of the copied materials.
Schroeder said that her association was preparing to propose potential changes to the program, but that Google rejected them after receiving a briefing on the plans. She declined to characterize further what changes the publishers were seeking, and Smith of Google declined to comment on discussions with the publishers, which he said were continuing.
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