Blame librarians, the Authors Guild and the American justice system. What they did to Google Books ensured that knowledge would stay locked out of the Internet

Blame librarians, the Authors Guild and the American justice system. What they did to Google Books ensured that knowledge would stay locked out of the Internet and killed a ton of interesting thing that could have been done. It was one of the most shortsighted and retrograde decision ever made. I think it significantly made the world a worst place.