The authors, while missing the point, do make a very good point.
When displaying the work (what portion of the work is still in question) they also intend to sell ads based on the context of the search for the copyrighted work. So in essence, they are making a profit off of a showing of material they do not own the copyright too. What are the odds of Google then directing a portion of that profit to the copyright owners?
Perhaps it would be better if Google bought a copy of every book it intends to scan. Therefore, acting in more of a library capacity?
Dont be so sure it was due to the community gripes. Blizzard has been pretty free with handing out extra time lately due to the massive problems they've over the past two-three weeks.
Alot of users still feel that 48 hours wasn't enough, considering the game was down or barely usable for almost 5 days, but at this point you take what you're given from them and like it.
On a side note, it does seem that they have fixed things. I haven't noticed the massive lag problems that were occuring regularly, and the server queues have gotten smaller.
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The authors, while missing the point, do make a very good point. When displaying the work (what portion of the work is still in question) they also intend to sell ads based on the context of the search for the copyrighted work. So in essence, they are making a profit off of a showing of material they do not own the copyright too. What are the odds of Google then directing a portion of that profit to the copyright owners? Perhaps it would be better if Google bought a copy of every book it intends to scan. Therefore, acting in more of a library capacity?
Dont be so sure it was due to the community gripes. Blizzard has been pretty free with handing out extra time lately due to the massive problems they've over the past two-three weeks. Alot of users still feel that 48 hours wasn't enough, considering the game was down or barely usable for almost 5 days, but at this point you take what you're given from them and like it. On a side note, it does seem that they have fixed things. I haven't noticed the massive lag problems that were occuring regularly, and the server queues have gotten smaller.