And not once did the Authors Guild think about the preservation aspect of book scanning.
[quote]The organisation's president Roxana Robinson said: "We believed then and we believe now that authors should be compensated when their work is copied for commercial purposes". [/quote]
But google is fucking helping you get compensation by letting people find your books easier... How's that so hard to understand?
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;50155152]And not once did the Authors Guild think about the preservation aspect of book scanning.[/QUOTE]
Actually, they did. Except the original agreement was shot down by a judge.
[QUOTE=Lord Fear;50155214]But google is fucking helping you get compensation by letting people find your books easier... How's that so hard to understand?[/QUOTE]
That claim would need to be substantiated with sales and marketing data before. And from referring above, the original agreement had Google paying money out to rights holders while also keeping to fair use.
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