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Indeed. Also in the US, whether or not something is fair use involves a four factor test[1] and two of the factors are the amount and substantiality of what's
by seanhunter 3y ago
Indeed. Also in the US, whether or not something is fair use involves a four factor test[1] and two of the factors are the amount and substantiality of what's taken and the effect on any market. In this case, the amount is "everything" and the effect on the market is potentially very large for authors/publishers.
[1] https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/ https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/
- fsckboy 3y ago>two of the factors are the amount and substantiality of what's taken and the effect on any market books.google.com has been allowed to copy all the books they can lay their hands on, so long as they don't regurgitate them in full, so it's not really the taking, but any subsequent reproductions. And the effect on the market is insubstantial if the alternative wasn't going to be the equivalent sales.
- ascorbic 3y agoYou can download the whole dataset, so they're certainly able to regurgitate them in full.