Google digitizing all books

[Steve Marder]

Perhaps this could be of some interest to readers:


About Book Search     Why can't I read the entire book?

Book Search Help     Many of the books in Google Book Search come from
authors and publishers who participate in our Partner Program. For these
books, our partners decide how much of the book is browsable -- anywhere
from a few sample pages to the whole book.

For books that enter Book Search through the Library Project, what you see
depends on the book's copyright status. We respect copyright law and the
tremendous creative effort authors put into their work. If the book is in
the public domain and therefore out of copyright, you can page through the
entire book and even download it and read it offline. But if the book is
under copyright, and the publisher or author is not part of the Partner
Program, we only show basic information about the book, similar to a card
catalog, and, in some cases, a few snippets -- sentences of your search
terms in context. The aim of Google Book Search is to help you discover
books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not read them online from start
to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - with a Google
twist.

(http://books.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=43729&topic=9259&hl=en
)




> http://books.google.com/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Kevin M Bray
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:42 PM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Google digitizing all books
> 
> I've used up more than my share of opinion space on this topic, so
> just one more quick question:
> 
> Quoting "Paul B. Gallagher":
>> [...] what Google is actually
>> proposing to do, publishing entire works, is not fair use, not even
>> close. Obviously, certain works (those in the public domain, public
>> records such as laws, etc.) are excluded from the restriction, but if I
>> write a new symphony, Google has no right to take and publish it
>> without my permission, and I will not grant that permission without
>> fair compensation.
> 
> Can someone please refer me to the specific place where Google makes
> this proposition, or alternatively, where Google actually republishes
> an entire copyrighted work?
> 
> Kevin
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