Google To Seek Dismissal of Suit Against Google Books

angry tapir writes with an update on the drawn out legal battle between Google and everyone else over their Books service. From the article: "After a so-far fruitless three-year effort to settle the case, Google and the plaintiffs suing it for alleged book-related copyright infringement apparently are moving away from seeking a friendly solution. Google has notified the court that it intends to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it by authors and publishers in 2005, in which they allege copyright infringement stemming from Google's wholesale scanning of millions of library books without the permission of copyright owners. Google Books has been at the center of copyright-related controversy since 2005 when the Authors Guild of America and Association of American Publishers sued the search giant. This has been followed by other legal wrangles, including a 2010 suit by the American Society of Media Photographers, lawsuits in France and Germany and conflict with Chinese authors over the book-scanning project."

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Google doing evil again

[Anonymous Coward]

or rather, still

Re:If I were an author ...

[Patchw0rk F0g]

As if I was an author... I DO write for a living. I happen to takke greeat straights to bee voluble ohn-line, and be as respecctful as possible to thost that opposte me.

That NOT being said, I lose money every time someone downloads a book that takes away from my readership. Think about it, asshole: one read = dozens of dollars being lost. Perhaps you have money out the wazzoo; I don't. Shut your yap, pay for the shit you're downloading if you thing it's worth it, and get real.