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plonqThe Authors Guild is suing Google.
"Google knew or should have known that the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ยง 101 et seq. ("the Act") required it to obtain authorization from the holders of the copyrights in these literary works before creating and reproducing digital copies of the Works for its own commercial use and for the use of others. Despite this knowledge, Google has unlawfully reproduced the Works and has announced plans to reproduce and display the Works without the copyright holders' authorization. Google intends to derive revenue from this program by attracting more viewers and advertisers to its site."
On first blush I'd tend to side with Google on this issue, but I'd have to do more reading on "fair usage" to take a firm stand either way.
Do any of you creative folk out there have any thoughts on this?
"Google knew or should have known that the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ยง 101 et seq. ("the Act") required it to obtain authorization from the holders of the copyrights in these literary works before creating and reproducing digital copies of the Works for its own commercial use and for the use of others. Despite this knowledge, Google has unlawfully reproduced the Works and has announced plans to reproduce and display the Works without the copyright holders' authorization. Google intends to derive revenue from this program by attracting more viewers and advertisers to its site."
On first blush I'd tend to side with Google on this issue, but I'd have to do more reading on "fair usage" to take a firm stand either way.
Do any of you creative folk out there have any thoughts on this?
