Comments on: Shocking: Making All The Google Print Facts Clear Really Does Make a Difference http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print-facts-clear-really-does-make-a/ by Derek Slater Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stanford http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print-facts-clear-really-does-make-a/comment-page-1/#comment-4142 Stanford Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:35:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print#comment-4142 <a></a> Anyway,Google is quietly staging a real cultural revolution,in a very hidden,tricky and possibly highly unpredictable way!

Anyway,Google is quietly staging a real cultural revolution,in a very hidden,tricky and possibly highly unpredictable way!

]]> By: Ravi Krishna http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print-facts-clear-really-does-make-a/comment-page-1/#comment-4139 Ravi Krishna Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:26:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print#comment-4139 <a></a> The issue here isn't as much as whether google is doing good or not, but about the burden of copyright ownership. Google wants authors to opt out rather than asking them whether google should opt in - this is ridiculous. So what google says to everyone around the world is, that its fine for you to copy my work unless I explicitly find you out and tell you NOT to. Today google starts the trend, tomorrow hundreds of others will start the trend - who will really protect copyright then? Google knows how to create controversies very easily and use it to their advantage for publicity. If instead of asking authors to opt out, had they simply advertized that they would only scan those books for which authors sent their consent to, well, by now they did have more books to scan then they could handle. Anyone worth his money will know that getting listed in google is a big thing - it amuses me that instead of having a friendly approach, google wants to bully its views around.

The issue here isn’t as much as whether google is doing good or not, but about the burden of copyright ownership. Google wants authors to opt out rather than asking them whether google should opt in – this is ridiculous. So what google says to everyone around the world is, that its fine for you to copy my work unless I explicitly find you out and tell you NOT to. Today google starts the trend, tomorrow hundreds of others will start the trend – who will really protect copyright then?

Google knows how to create controversies very easily and use it to their advantage for publicity. If instead of asking authors to opt out, had they simply advertized that they would only scan those books for which authors sent their consent to, well, by now they did have more books to scan then they could handle.

Anyone worth his money will know that getting listed in google is a big thing – it amuses me that instead of having a friendly approach, google wants to bully its views around.

]]> By: Seth Hall http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print-facts-clear-really-does-make-a/comment-page-1/#comment-4131 Seth Hall Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:14:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print#comment-4131 <a></a> Funny, I just used Google Print today, browsed around at random, and ended up buying 12 books from Amazon that I hadn't even known existed before. Publishers should be happy about this, once they take a moment to understand it.

Funny, I just used Google Print today, browsed around at random, and ended up buying 12 books from Amazon that I hadn’t even known existed before.

Publishers should be happy about this, once they take a moment to understand it.

]]> By: Steve Karmazenuk http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print-facts-clear-really-does-make-a/comment-page-1/#comment-4130 Steve Karmazenuk Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:52:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print#comment-4130 <a></a> The (un) American Author's Guild http://kspaceuniverse.blogspot.com/2005/09/unamerican-authors-guild.html

The (un) American Author’s Guild

http://kspaceuniverse.blogspot.com/2005/09/unamerican-authors-guild.html

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print-facts-clear-really-does-make-a/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 Seth Finkelstein Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:42:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/09/21/shocking-making-all-the-google-print#comment-4129 <a></a> Oh boy ... talk about strange alliance. But, regarding: "Or is it simply a naked assertion of right -- "copyright law says no copying, so you must pay me to do it, even if it would actually be in my interest to have snippets made available."" (emphasis added)" Almost. Copyright law says THE COPYRIGHT OWNER gets to decide what would serve its business interest. So, even if other people say Google's project would be in the publisher's interest, even if it's a dumb, wrong-headed, anti-innovation view of their interest, it is their decision to make, according to the law. Google is using the libraries in order to leverage itself into book world. It's not an entirely irrational reaction, in a strictly business sense, for publishers to deploy monopoly rights against it.

Oh boy … talk about strange alliance. But, regarding:

“Or is it simply a naked assertion of right — “copyright law says no copying, so you must pay me to do it, even if it would actually be in my interest to have snippets made available.”" (emphasis added)”

Almost. Copyright law says THE COPYRIGHT OWNER gets to decide what would serve its business interest. So, even if other people say Google’s project would be in the publisher’s interest, even if it’s a dumb, wrong-headed, anti-innovation view of their interest, it is their decision to make, according to the law.

Google is using the libraries in order to leverage itself into book world. It’s not an entirely irrational reaction, in a strictly business sense, for publishers to deploy monopoly rights against it.

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