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So Google compensated the publishers? Are you sure???

• AnthonyMouse 11y ago
  You 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 ago
    Neat with your distractional words. But your claim is what Google has offered reasoable?
    • AnthonyMouse 11y ago
      The courts seem to think so.
  • kaybe 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? 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