A (Colossal) Fight Over Fair Use
John Palfrey,
May 27, 2005
The American Association of University Press has launched complaints against Google's plan to digitize scholarly texts. "Google Print for Libraries has wonderful potential, but that potential can only be realized if the program itself respects the rights of copyright owners and the underlying purpose of copyright law. It cannot legitimately claim to advance the public interest by increasing access to published information if, in the process of doing so, it jeopardizes the just rewards of authors..." We will ignore, of course, the fact that most academic authors are not paid, and those that are, receive a pittance. We will also ignore the increasing cost of academic publications and the fact that it's just not possible to search a printed book.
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