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Originally Posted by rmeister0
Yes, but like it or not, the copyright owners own the rights - NOT Google. It should not be incumbent on them to "opt out" - it should be incumbent on Google to get permission. THAT is how copyright works.
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Copyright was created to give AUTHORS control over the copying of their the works for a LIMITED time. Not to give faceless corporations who create nothing exclusive control over those works for all eternity.
Copyright only works when artistic works are put back into the Public Domain, to enrich the next crop of artists so that they can create even better works. Because nothing has gone into the Public Domain for over 50 years (unless the author specifically puts something there), the Public Domain is getting stale.
Look at Disney. Take their best works: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Peter Pan, etc. Nearly everything was taken from the Public Domain. Now, in the last 20 years, count the number of "classics" Disney made. (Also count the number of "reruns" that Disney has made - Treasure Planet, The Absent-Minded Professor, etc. - because they have no Public Domain to dip into to create new works.)
A wonderful example of how the REFUSAL of copyright holders (not authors) to share is killing the creative ability of our country.
And now the copyright holders (again, not the authors) want to EXPAND this madness to other countries.
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Originally Posted by rmeister0
Google handled this VERY poorly, and I don't see how anyone with a brain couldn't have forseen the reaction.
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Because "It's always easier to get forgiveness than permission."
Google handled it right. The Author's Guild and the publisher have handled it wrong.
Google is creating something that will help them all. However, it will demonstrate how long copyrights are hurting our society and that's something that the copyright holders need to keep quiet.