[WikiEN-l] Google Books class action lawsuit

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/9/5  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
> In a message dated 9/5/2009 1:18:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> thomas.dalton at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Contract violation *is* illegal. (Assuming a website ToS is a binding
>> contract - has that ever been tested in court?)>>
>
> Piffle.  Who is going to sue?  Who has standing to sue?
> I really see this as a non-starter.

Either Google or the publisher/author of the book you viewed. People
get sued for bypassing DRM, why couldn't they be sued for bypassing
restrictions on Google books?