Publishers Protest Google Library Project

gollum123 writes "A group of academic publishers is challenging Google Inc.'s plan to scan millions of library books into its Internet search engine index, highlighting fears that the ambitious project will violate copyrights and stifle future sales. In a letter scheduled to be delivered to Google Monday, the Association of American University Presses described the online search engine's library project as a troubling financial threat to its membership -- 125 nonprofit publishers of academic journals and scholarly books. The university presses depend on books sales and other licensing agreements for most of their revenue, making copyright protections essential to their survival."

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UPAA

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Association of American University Presses:

Please rename yourself University Presses Association of America so that we may refer to
all evil bastard organizations as *AA.

Thank You!

I disagree.

[PopeAlien]

As I creative person I am offended that someone could possibly catch a glimpse of something I've toiled over without giving me shiny gold coins.

I think we've got to nip this problem in the bud, and pronto! I think the most expedient system would be some sort of coin operated hood that could be welded onto consumer's heads. If you want to see or hear art, you simply need to drop some coins into the mechanism to open the shutter for a set amount of time.

This would mean a constant flow of income that could be distributed to all creative people as follows:

46 % - 'administration'
28 % - Lawyer fees
22 % - car payments
13 % - more lawyer fees
21 % - distribution .01% - 'artists'
12 % - math consultants
8.2% - contingency

The only possible flaw with this plan is that the percentages add up to more than %100 percent, meaning that there would be an actual loss of profit, but I think the 'artist' could kick in an make up for that loss since they started this whole thing.