Re: Books at Google Play: CORRECTION
"DANIEL P. Tompkins" <[email protected]>
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My mate at Google sends the link below, which seems to indicate that the blame falls on de Gruyter, not Google. Obviously, "fair use" would have its limits. In this case, it's hard to see the publisher's rationale: there cannot be vast sums of money in the balance. https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.google.com%2Fbooks%2Fpartner%2Fanswer%2F3309439%3Fhl%3Den&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C7a8df0d9d452422f564808d6bf595652%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636906787757322444&sdata=Mc4BXtsd7diIjRK4Y0Z4zjCGWpV8nQkyqE50fN54%2F98%3D&reserved=0 Dan On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 9:15 AM DANIEL P. Tompkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I just purchased my first ebook at Google Play > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%3Fhl%3Den_US&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C7a8df0d9d452422f564808d6bf595652%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636906787757322444&sdata=7qsWKgkHPlbxUWk%2FUxfafj8%2BKwgsZ5n3pSL3p2%2FaWBo%3D&reserved=0>. Now I find that I cannot copy > text from it. Dunno if that is for just this text, but if so, side-by-side > with Kindle, it looks bad, especially because the book cost a substantial > amount. > This might be the work not of Google but of the publisher, de Gruyter. If > so, egg is on their faces. > > Dan >