Publishers Irritated by Google's Digital Library
Nature,
Feb 07, 2005
In a press release formatted to look like a news article, Nature Publishing Group is expressing displeasure with Google over its plans to index and excerpt academic articles. "Google has not yet struck any legal agreements with publishers, either individually or collectively... Few publishers would want to opt out of the library scheme, Morris says — but they need to be asked to provide the appropriate permission." This is probably not true; copyright law is not intended to prohibit such use. Google excerpts everything else on the web and provides thumbnails of images. There is no reason to expect permission would be required to cite a few lines of an academic article. But of course, if Google signs an agreement then the publishers can exert pressure on others (such as, say, myself) who don't have "800-pound gorilla" lawyers to defend their rights. Via PC pro, which provides a link to some background.
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