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Originally Posted by squawker
I see this as a huge loss for the public. Who does it benefit to shut off online access to orphaned works? Just because no other company has the ability to provide such access doesn't mean that Google should be barred by law from providing such access.
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There's the small point that this is flagrant copyright violation. Google are basically scanning and selling books without the permission of the copyright holder. You just can't do that, no matter how big a company you are.