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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
All that work of scanning out-of-print works will be (mostly) wasted (it'll help with search abilities, but it won't make them real money)... and if they want to change that, they'll need to turn their attentions to changing copyright law. Which I'm much in favor of; I'd love Google to start pushing for a coherent & useful orphan works policy, and establish standards for what counts as a reasonable search for copyright owners. Google has the resources to make that possible; I'd love to see them work *with* the EFF to get us better copyright laws and enforcement policies.
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In our lifetime? With the current US political system? Like reforming the patent system? Like Mickey Mouse's copyright finally expired?
OK, this is the weekend, someone please come up with a lighter topic...
