> I don't really know why you're so fixated on the Google books metaphor. It's an example we have a court ruling for and is a more literal case of internally s

> I don't really know why you're so fixated on the Google books metaphor. It's an example we have a court ruling for and is a more literal case of internally storing a huge number of copyrighted works, without permission of the copyright holders, then allowing users to query for snippets. > Google books is also an actual bookstore as well as some place for users to upload their library. I can upload pirated content for private use becsuse Google isn't scanning all its customers 24/7. Google Books is a search tool for millions of books that Google have scanned and OCR'd. As far as I'm aware it doesn't itself sell books and I don't believe there's a way for regular users to upload content. Are you thinking of books on Google Play? > It's technically not legal [...] You can DMCA a book from Google just as easily as a YouTube video Google Books has been found to be legal due to Fair Use. You could send a DMCA takedown notice, but they wouldn't have to comply with it.