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Originally Posted by ottdmk
True, but they're using the capability of finding any passage of text in the entire book to drive ad revenue. It's a fantastic service, and I don't really begrudge Google the right to earn some money off of it... but it's only possible because Google's backend has the entire book.
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Presumably, any reviewer who quoted a passage only did so after reading the whole book.
They then scanned their mental database and chose a passage to quote in their review.
As I understand it, Google got the content from libraries. They are perfectly free to read the whole book, just like any other entity with access to the public library is. And just as with any other entity, it's what they DO with the info they got from reading the book that either is an infringement or isn't.