Anthony DiPierro wrote:
On 5/16/06, Fastfission <fastfission(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The one area where I could see this law really
coming into play would
be something like a class action suit against some big photo company
(i.e. Corbis) who was claiming to sell licenses for the copyrights of
images that they did not own.
I just wish it could be used against Google, who is putting those
annoying "Copyright Google" watermarks all over other people's maps.
But I suppose they could claim they they own a copyright on the very
watermarks which say copyright!
I would have great difficulty in accepting the notion that Google is
running an altruistic organization.
When I went looking for an example from Google Print I came up with
http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN11028847&id=Fkp93u9WfCgC&q=me…
This book was published in 1911. Nevertheless, it gives only snippets,
and the link that explains why talks about respecting copyright. The
book can be bought through Froogle for $50.00 or more.
Does anyone wonder why I get cynica?
Ec