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I don't understand why. Any other company now (presumably) has the right to digitally offer out of print books too. No one else wants to do it, either out of la
by kamjam 13y ago
I don't understand why. Any other company now (presumably) has the right to digitally offer out of print books too. No one else wants to do it, either out of lack of motivation, cost or potential revenue. You can't blame Google for that, this is a massive step forward for society.
It's not really a win for free markets if you now need to legislate.
- waqf 13y agoI believe GP is talking not about this decision but about what would have happened if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books_Settlement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books_Settlement had not been shot down in 2011. This outcome allows everyone to digitize out-of-print books, whereas the settlement would have granted Google a monopoly on them in exchange for a fee to the Authors' Guild.