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Old 09-11-2009, 11:58 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
The agreement is that Google can publish and sell out of print works under copyright without compensating the rights-holder?

The pittance is greater than zero, but on a per-book basis, certainly not by much!

And yes, the latter is certainly the sane choice. Though I think you must be mistaken in assuming no compensation is involved.

- Ahi
No, I meant that without Google in the picture, a book today that is out-of-print is not making any money for the author. So, if Google does make that book available and pay a pittance to the authors, at least that pittance is more than they would have been getting otherwise.
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