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We can endlessly argue over the correctness of this decision but I am little surprised that authors guild actually sued Google for this. It is like website owne
by tn13 13y ago
We can endlessly argue over the correctness of this decision but I am little surprised that authors guild actually sued Google for this. It is like website owners suing Google for crawling, indexing and increasing visibility of their website.
Clearly, what Google had done was beneficial for the entire book industry.
May be the Authors guild was more interested in some kind of rent seeking rather than actually protecting anyone's interest. I am sure even that must have been noticed by the judge.
- jrochkind1 13y agoWell, it was seven years ago they filed the suit. But yeah, they sure are sticking to it. > It is like website owners suing Google for crawling, indexing and increasing visibility of their website. Yeah, that happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_10,_Inc._v._Google_Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_10,_Inc._v._Google_Inc..
- jrochkind1 13y agooh yeah and it wasn't the only time either: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121213/08013521375/belgian-newspapers-agree-to-drop-lawsuit-over-google-news-after-google-promises-to-show-them-how-to-make-money-online.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121213/08013521375/belgia...