I can tell you that the "information for publishers" is complete BS. Two of my clients have copyrighted books scanned in there, and they never gave permission to google.
The main issue with this is that they are reproducing without permission.
Plus, each time you log in with a different username the slate is wiped clean, so you can go to the next 5 pages. Google says that they disable the print function, but it just takes the print screen button or a screenshot to get around that.
Quote:Interview: Patricia Schroeder, president of the Association of American Publishers, says Google Print is dangerous because it will set a precedent for illegally duplicating copyrighted materials.
full article and interview:
http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,1877127,00.asp
Quote:Their complaint was that it was too hard to find out the copyright owner. And our reply was, it really isn't. Every book has an ISBN number. And this isn't a new thing, the system's been around for years. It's not like there isn't a quick and easy way. But they seemed to think that our system was somebody sitting in a room with catalog cards in a shoebox.
Now really, how hard is it to figure out a copyright owner? That's about the most ridiculous justification I've seen.
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Quote:Their complaint was that it was too hard to find out the copyright owner. And our reply was, it really isn't. Every book has an ISBN number. And this isn't a new thing, the system's been around for years. It's not like there isn't a quick and easy way. But they seemed to think that our system was somebody sitting in a room with catalog cards in a shoebox.
Now really, how hard is it to figure out a copyright owner? That's about the most ridiculous justification I've seen.
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old books don't have ISBNs but they show an author or publisher
