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Well, no. Google did not in fact purchase a copy of the book they're making money on. So you do think Google should make billions from the minds of others with
by Gargoyle 11y ago
Well, no. Google did not in fact purchase a copy of the book they're making money on.
So you do think Google should make billions from the minds of others without compensation.
Before you accuse me of hyberbole, you used the term "screaming".
- AnthonyMouse 11y ago> Well, no. Google did not in fact purchase a copy of the book they're making money on. The books they scanned weren't purchased? Google broke into the publishers' offices and stole them? > So you do think Google should make billions from the minds of others without compensation. That is the business model of every advertising company in existence. Also mapmakers, phone companies, movie critics, etc.
- Gargoyle 11y agoSo Google compensated the publishers? Are you sure???
- AnthonyMouse 11y agoYou are presumably trying to make some kind of point out of the books scanned from libraries. But unless you're claiming that the libraries stole the books... $20 is $20.
- Gargoyle 11y agoNeat with your distractional words. But your claim is what Google has offered reasoable?
- AnthonyMouse 11y agoThe courts seem to think so.
- kaybe 11y agoWith that kind of reasoning - unless you steal from the publisher right off the press somebody has already paid for the book, no? Even bookshops can only get refunds if they at least return the cover page, afaik. Additionally, if you steal from the right person, they might just go and buy another copy.
- sangnoir 11y ago> With that kind of reasoning - unless you steal from the publisher right off the press somebody has already paid for the book, no That is correct - this is well established in US case law as the "Fist sale doctrine"[1]. Meaning once bought, the book can be lended, resold, or scanned. However, I believe the Authors Guild was going for the copyright angle, and they lost. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
- Natanael_L 11y agoPeople who owns copies of the scanned books have made them available to scan, at least. Not like they're stealing books to scan. Intellectual territorialism is nonsensical.