Re: Books at Google Play: CORRECTION
M Nobili <[email protected]>
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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&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C0cc2f5e30f7f4ac8990908d6bf5a6df1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636906792473695695&sdata=e54D%2Fi8xAK%2BE80wtiGh3UG%2F1BdXQYQZXrz5Xu95LgBU%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%7C0cc2f5e30f7f4ac8990908d6bf5a6df1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636906792473695695&sdata=nJDgB9heTrvwctcGNQcTqhekKP96pcYpSmuyT5gQv%2Bs%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 > >