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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I agree with you with a caveat.
The author should have the option of saying: Google do not show any part of my book.
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I don't see how that is a caveat to what I said*. I don't think it's related. But on the specific topic you bring up:
If what Google has done is legal, not infringing on anyone's copyrights, and within in the bounds of fair use, then there is no reason for them to allow authors to opt out. Doing so would only diminish the project, infringing on the public's fair use of the info. You might as well say people should just be able to "opt" to never have their copyrights or patents expire, ever.
If what they have done in any way REQUIRES giving the authors that choice, something more fundamental is wrong, and should probably be addressed at a higher level.
*unless you mean you think Google is the right only because "Hey, we're doing you a favor by violating your copyright, bro" as long as they then let the author opt out.
In that case I still whole reject the idea that stealing someone's control and making those decisions for them is in any way good or justifiable.
It'd be like a thief saying "I'm going to steal every car on this block, so you can get the insurance money to by a nicer one. I'm doing you a favor, bro, but if you really are going make such a big deal out of it, just leave me a note saying you don't want me to steal your car. You're welcome."