Google vs. Copyright laws - Take I - ACTION!
- Thread starter MrBishop
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A.B.Normal
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Aren't they only going to do the books that are past Copyright protection ,though.
MrBishop
Well-Known Member
They're planning on doing the whole collection of several libraries. Most libraries hold out of copyrights books, but most of them have to be up to date and still copyrighted in order to be useful as reference points for research purposes.
I don't thihnk that anyone would've sneezed if Google was planning on only non-copyrighted books...hell, the Gutenburg Project has been doing that for years now.
I don't thihnk that anyone would've sneezed if Google was planning on only non-copyrighted books...hell, the Gutenburg Project has been doing that for years now.
Winky
Well-Known Member
Copyrights are so passe.
The Internet age is upon us.
If I give you the formula for curing cancer
but it requires billions of dollars of infrastructure
to produce, what have you gained?
Having the knowledge of some ‘process’ like a patented
invention isn’t wrong until you try to make the thing
and sell it for a profit.
Now if you are talkin' a sily assed fiction novel
and it is online and I wanna read it online instead of
going to the library and checking it out WTF is the difference?
Ever-body raise their hand that has gone to the bookstore
in the last month and shelled out
the ridiculous prices they are charging for books these daze!
(don’t see no hands?)
Swear to the holy mutha of Jesus! Nearly 20 bucks
for a book? Hell it's like music on CD's. If getting books
online was as simple as it is to encode music, we'd all
already have access to everthang already anyways!
There, Winky has spoken!
The Internet age is upon us.
If I give you the formula for curing cancer
but it requires billions of dollars of infrastructure
to produce, what have you gained?
Having the knowledge of some ‘process’ like a patented
invention isn’t wrong until you try to make the thing
and sell it for a profit.
Now if you are talkin' a sily assed fiction novel
and it is online and I wanna read it online instead of
going to the library and checking it out WTF is the difference?
Ever-body raise their hand that has gone to the bookstore
in the last month and shelled out
the ridiculous prices they are charging for books these daze!
(don’t see no hands?)
Swear to the holy mutha of Jesus! Nearly 20 bucks
for a book? Hell it's like music on CD's. If getting books
online was as simple as it is to encode music, we'd all
already have access to everthang already anyways!
There, Winky has spoken!
MrBishop
Well-Known Member
That's why I buy second-hand only, and hit bazaars or garage sales for my books. They're not brand spanking new, but who gives a damn as long as they're legible.Winky said:
What about shortening the copyright duration on books. Those who do buy the newest Stephen King novel in Hardcover and shell out $45 for it can get it, then those who are willing to wait for 1 year can get the $10 softcovers. After that..sales drizzle, so no huge money loss for the publishers or authors. 5 year max on copyrights!
Yeas or Nays?
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
Luis G said:
I disagree, and for one reason. Every book I bought in College was exactly the same as the year before except for one or two different things...
1. A few phrases were changed to make it a 'new edition'.
2. The chapters were re-arranged to make it a 'new addition'.
The cost of the book, however, was always higher than the previous edition. It was a scam that stunk to the highest reaches of space, and one that the professeurs were neck deep into. Seems that all of my texts had the names of my professeurs buried in them somewhere.
Inkara1
Well-Known Member
You forgot to mention that the presence of a "new edition" means little, if any, value when it comes time to sell back the "old edition" at the end of the semester. Nothing like buying a book for $140 and being told at the end of the semester that they won't buy it back at any price.