Re: Google agrees to opt-in - in France

On 13/06/2012 16:58, Chris Smith wrote:
> joseph harris wrote:
>    
>> Google has conceded the most important point: that authors and
>> publishers *opt in* to scanning.
>>      
> After much careful reading, I would tweak this ever so slightly - that
> authors and publishers opt in to indexing, preview, or sales, but not to
> scanning. Everything I've read strongly indicates that publishers and
> authors hold control over any presentation or sale of the work, but
> nothing I've read expressly indicates that Google needs opt-in permissions
> to scan and digitize the work. I'm open to references that clearly state
> otherwise, but I've tried to find exactly that, with no results.
>    

Chris,

My time was short, so i clearly missed this, Thanks for pointing it out. 
The EU is pretty hot in this area - though I don't think they have 
produced any strong legislation yet - so I probably took it for granted. 
I think Google has been trying to prepare for Chin's judgement by 
settling all other cases in order to argue their position more strongly. 
I'll try to get more facts on this one.

<snip>
> Authors - contrary to some views - are still human, and humans commonly
> react with a "yes" when offered the chance for short term gratification.
>
> : chris smith ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> : nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit - cicero :
>    

:-) Which is exactly what sharp operators rely on. And with so many new 
entrants in the small publishing area it is a bit like the fox and wolf 
with Pinocchio.  About the best I can do, when I get a chance, is to 
suggest it is not a good idea to put all one's eggs in one basket. Those 
in the business for the long haul do need to pay regard to the effects 
of the present on the future.

Joseph Harris


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