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I think that you can do this under "fair use", but "fair use" doesn't exist in all countries in the world. And google has to obey to local laws and local copyr
by anApple 17y ago
I think that you can do this under "fair use", but "fair use" doesn't exist in all countries in the world.
And google has to obey to local laws and local copyrights and not just to US law.
The google book case is just another thing that's going to backfire at google. The ignorant attitude of google making foreign books (books written by authors where it is clearly illegal by the law do scan in the books and make those freely searchable on the net) available to all US citizens, even though the authors don't want their books to be available trough google, will only create more hate against google.
- nostrademons 17y agoI believe that Google does obey local laws. I've certainly had to jump through hoops because of inane restrictions that the Chinese government puts on web content. A bunch of the stuff I've worked on simply isn't available in other countries because of various laws and restrictions that have to be cleared before we can launch.
- artsrc 17y agoAnyone who wants to can opt out. I personally know an author who is simply delighted that google is making his (out of print) book available. I think he will even get payment if someone wants the whole book.
- anApple 17y agoIt should be opt in, not opt out! You can't also steal something in a store, just because the store didn't tell you not to steal something!