Google Can Now Be Sued Over Book Scanning

[exfileme]

Individual groups can now sue Google over its controversial book scanning for Google Books.

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[dalethepcman]

Keep reading / watching major media's headline news it has all relevant information for the sheeple of the world. If the public has access to credible information for free, it will be the fall of civilization! Bad Google!

 

[v3nom777]

Only if Google will profit from this, should they be able to sue.

 

[HopelessNoob]

[citation][nom]v3nom777[/nom]Only if Google will profit from this, should they be able to sue.[/citation]

they probably do profit from this some way otherwise why would they waste the time and money to scan the books?

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]HopelessNoob[/nom]they probably do profit from this some way otherwise why would they waste the time and money to scan the books?[/citation]

building up an archive for when they finlay open up an ebook store?
putting ads on the sides of books that have fallen into public domain?

really i cant see why this is a bad thing unless google was selling the books

 

[of the way]

The world needs a digital archive like this. Make sure we don't lose anything forever.

 

[zeratul600]

america why everything that its good always got some legal actions on it in order to prevent it?

 

[eddieroolz]

[citation][nom]zeratul600[/nom]america why everything that its good always got some legal actions on it in order to prevent it?[/citation]

Because unauthorized scanning of books is illegal. This has been established for a long, long time.