> Google indexing and republishing all of their work for free on Google Books This isn't a thing that was ever offered, it was always full text search, get sni

> Google indexing and republishing all of their work for free on Google Books This isn't a thing that was ever offered, it was always full text search, get snippets of results. > (finally resolved after a huge Class Action suit where the authors were awarded a few $$) The two proposed class action settlements were rejected as overly advantageous to Google (probably for the best they were rejected, though it would have opened up orphaned works in a way that Congress will never ever bother to do). Then the judge ruled that google books scanning and searching was fair use and dismissed the lawsuit, upheld by the second circuit. No one ever saw any money, few $$ or otherwise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,....