[WikiEN-l] Google Books settlement reached

[geni]

2010/1/17 Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com>:
> Notice that it's opt-out, which for a real orphan work means no one
> will opt-out. Preview is better than nothing, for us. (It was
> unrealistic to expect Google to be able to offer full downloads.)

Are orphan books that common? In most cases they have a clear single
author who would have some interest and would likely be traceable no
matter what happened to the publisher.



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geni