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Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the better-than-fight-night dept.

Phoe6 writes "Google has responded to the Authors' Guild lawsuit of "massive copyright infringement". They point out that the Library Project is 'fully consistent with both the fair use doctrine under U.S. copyright law and the principles underlying copyright law itself, which allow everything from parodies to excerpts in book reviews.'"

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  1. google are thieves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    THIEVES.

  2. Google Fanboism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't see why this is a hard concept for all you Google fanbois. You are freely available to BORROW from the Library (yes you could photocopy it completely, but that is illegal). Plus a physical book was bought or donated to the Libraries at one point in time, where as Google would basically taking physical data which *DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM*, ignoring that fact and converting it to electronic and displaying sections of it.

    What Google is doing is copyright infringement and illegal!!

    Think if it were commercial software instead of books:

    Installing a copy that someone else gave them without paying (and without authorization) for it so they can "advertise it for the software company" and claiming it's ok because they are only letting people have access to certain sections of it. So I guess if the software companies don't like it, they can just opt out of the program!!! They shouldn't sue a company for ILLEGALY taking copying their software without paying for it and turning a profit off of it?

    Sorry, where I come from that's called software piracy and is definately illegal.

    This blind "Google can do no wrong" crap has got to go.

  3. Google saves us from the RIAA, MPAA, etc.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Google has shown us the way, everyone.

    Compile as many copyrighted works as you want. Then, throw up some web site with a search engine to sort through all this crap--from anywhere.

    If you get caught for copyright infringement, just point in Google's direction. Hell, you might place some Adwords on your site as well.

    Enjoy your copyrighted works and your Adwords income, too!

  4. Re:This is no different... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    My copyright notice is posted, Google has no authority to demand that I go to further lengths to protect it.