Yahoo Spurns Google Request

Google suffered a setback in its copyright infringement case when Yahoo refused to help Google by handing over what the company (Yahoo) says are trade secrets. Yahoo and Microsoft are both part of an alliance of businesses and libraries working together to create a digital database of books.

In rejecting Google's request, Yahoo adopted the same stance taken last month by Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc.. Google believes it can defend its plans to provide online access to millions of library books by obtaining more details about similar projects involving some of its biggest rivals.