Re: Books at Google Play: CORRECTION

M Nobili <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.education.classics
Message-ID <CAGxj3UR=6S42uxhX8pWoWXx4BR+GurF7zVE8jJOYvvCe63BP2g@mail.gmail.com>
Which title is that?

Cheers,

Marcello

Il giorno ven 12 apr 2019 alle ore 17:13 DANIEL P. Tompkins
<[email protected]> ha scritto:
>
> 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&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C0cc2f5e30f7f4ac8990908d6bf5a6df1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636906792473695695&amp;sdata=e54D%2Fi8xAK%2BE80wtiGh3UG%2F1BdXQYQZXrz5Xu95LgBU%3D&amp;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&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C0cc2f5e30f7f4ac8990908d6bf5a6df1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636906792473695695&amp;sdata=nJDgB9heTrvwctcGNQcTqhekKP96pcYpSmuyT5gQv%2Bs%3D&amp;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
> >
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