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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Some of those authors of out-of-print books sure owe the AG a debt of gratitude for keeping Google from bringing any attention to works of theirs that can't be purchased anywhere anymore.  |
No, it was the AG that was trying to give away all of the authors rights. The give away was happening in the settlement between the AG and Google. Google didn't start out trying to republish everything. Of course when the AG tried to give it to them they would take it. What stopped it was the judge said the settlement was too broad and they needed to come up with something else, or actually go to court. They went to court and the AG lost so google was allowed to do the scans and keep them for searches.
Greg