09-10-2009, 02:32 PM | #1 | ||||
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Google promises to give competitors the right to sell their scans
This is a pretty radical promise made by Google:
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Anyway, at this time it is unclear from the news articles (to me) whether this access would apply to all works scanned by them, or only the non-orphan works, but it still seems like a grand gesture. |
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09-10-2009, 02:50 PM | #2 |
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I wondered all along why they didn't offer this - it would effectively derail the protests; unless, of course, you're Amazon, evidently.
I hate to attribute charitable motives to any corporation, (it usually turns around and bites me in the ....), but I'm sorely tempted to believe here that Google wants what it says it wants (and the same thing I want). Public access to the books. |
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09-10-2009, 03:25 PM | #4 |
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Maybe it's a tactic to push off the companies objecting the loudest so that they can get through the final approval of the Settlement (in October?).
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