Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Google wins copyright
battle over books
It’s no news
or anything for the most. You take it for granted that extracts of books are
free for search in google. But there has been a long court battle over a copy
right issue on this free search. Though some of the book titles no longer hold
copyright, others do. And those copy right holders are claiming that google should
pay for the commercial use of the extracts. Even though users of the search
engine don’t pay a penny to see any extract, the search engine makes money by
ads. So it could actually be a commercial use of the extracts.
Google says it
is a fair use of the content and it’s only card catalogue for their users.
Whichever the
verdict was, users of the search engine wouldn’t have to pay for it.
Enjoy reading
and learning what this copyright battle is about.
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