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DoJ Recommends NY Court Reject Google Book Deal

Posted by timothy on from the march-of-unprogress dept.

eldavojohn writes "The BBC and others are reporting on the US Department of Justice's recommendation to a New York court that they reject the Google book deal. The deal has received considerable attention, but for the most part it has been negative."

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  1. Re:Exclusivity is the root of all evil in this... by smoker2 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Well spotted, and not only do you do that, you also make google the rights holder with the govt. being tied by contract. Let's let google handle the economy shall we ? Anything else we can put in the hands of profit driven private enterprise ? speaking as a UK resident, we gave gas, electricity and water over to private enterprise and they are all, without exception, owned by foreign powers and are much more expensive. Even though the public purse had paid dearly to develop the infrastructure. Go you liberals.
    I fully support forcible renationalisation, with no recompense, because they have stolen the profits from organisations I was a shareholder of, which were sold out from under me, and the service has got worse ! Where has MY investment gone ? I didn't play the stock market, I invested in powerlines, water mains, gas pipelines and oil rigs. Some stupid bitch took the quick profit and now I'M paying for it. Thanks a lot. Unless I'm mistaken, there are 60 million of us and less than 1000 oligarchs. FUCK THEM !

    And do you know how they slipped that past us ? They said that we would have regulators in place to make sure these private companies acted in our best interests. And who are the regulators ? People who kiss corporate ass and get appointed chief of unelected QUANGOs. Here's 100 grand a year to be in charge. You don't have to attend, we'll take care of it.

    Burn the fuckers down !

    this may seem like a rant, but google are getting a long way on goodwill. Sure they promise not to be evil, but we trusted the govt. not to be evil, and they work for us ! Now we are expected to voluntarily give power to a private corporation, who can only legally have their shareholders interests at heart. say goodbye to restricted copyright terms, fair use, freedom of information. These fuckers will own it all. You will be working a good proportion of your life just to pay google for access to your own data. Mark my words.

  2. Re:Worst summary ever by smoker2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If google are going to assume rights over my work, without paying me for it, then I will not write. Why should I work for free ? Do you really think I have greater marketing power than google ?

    And no, this is not piracy come home to roost. I don't care if individuals take and read my work without paying. I seriously object to a massive corporation taking my work and making money from it, without giving me my dues. Google are legally monetising piracy here. If you can't see the difference, well, sucks to be you.

    I have a sad hope that google might actually forward royalties based on page impressions to the authors, even though they don't have to. Show some appreciation. But I'm pissing in the wind I guess.