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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I tend to agree. I suspect for some authors it's simply an emotional issue. They tend to think that it's their book and they should control all aspects of that book for eternity. It's their property. They forget that copyright is a privilege not a right. It's not actually property, the coined word intellectual property not withstanding. (coined by a lawyer who was trying to convince a jury that his client had something stolen when someone else used an idea that his client expressed). It's a bargain granted them by the government and like most bargains, there are two sides with each side having to give something.
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But Google isn't the government, and doesn't get to simply define copyright law.