Updike's Explosive Words

The controversy surrounding digital scanning programmes such as Google Book Search flared up again last week with John Updike's attack on Kevin Kelly's Scan this Book! Updike hit out the schemes for fragmenting literary works, and for the possible financial loss that might be incurred by authors, publishers and booksellers.
The argument is summarised in the Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/21/AR2006052101349.html