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Is this Google only or anyone e.g. Microsoft and Amazon, can also now start scanning/distributing books?
by blackoil 13y ago
Is this Google only or anyone e.g. Microsoft and Amazon, can also now start scanning/distributing books?
- homosaur 13y agoMicrosoft did do it, they found no profit in it and quit. Google is still not making the full text of books available, although I'd guess long term that would be the smart move for authors. You'd go straight from search to purchasing an ebook in a click.
- x3c 13y agoI'm not sure but since this ruling took place in higher courts, lower courts now have a precedent set. Similar cases will tend to lean this way, unless exceptional circumstances.
- ghaff 13y agoIt's probably worth mentioning that this is a decision made in a specific circuit but the general point still applies.
- Oletros 13y agoGoogle ruling is not the first ruling, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild_v._HathiTrust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild_v._HathiTrust