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The Point of Google Print

Posted by Zonk on from the lookie-loos dept.

vinohradska writes "Eric Schmidt has written a good article called the The point of Google Print. It clearly lays out the argument against the current lawsuit: 'Even those critics who understand that copyright law is not absolute argue that making a full copy of a given work, even just to index it, can never constitute fair use. If this were so, you wouldn't be able to record a TV show to watch it later or use a search engine that indexes billions of Web pages.'"

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  1. one little problem. by CDPatten · · Score: 0, Troll

    it's called the constitution, and it gives authors control over their work so that they may profit, inventors too. Eric should read it sometime. If someone plagiarizes your work online, they can be held accountable through the legal system(if you so desire). If you tell a search engine not to index your page, they can't legally index your content, and that is why google so vigorously removes sites that request (as rare as it may be) to "opt out".

    Authors have told Google not to copy/index their books. Plain and simple. I don't know why Google has the notion that they know better then the creator of the content, regardless of their intent. The arrogance is remarkable, and almost surpasses Big Bill's. And it really doesn't matter if google says (or even would) increase the book sales, if the author says no, its NO. If I write a book and tell Amazon they can't sell it, they can't. Same principle applies to Google.

    This is article is a billionaire boys temper tantrum.