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SCOTUS declines to hear appeal. Google Books scanning lives! -- (link)

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Apr 18 '16, 17:20

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/18/google-books-just-won-a-decade-long-copyright-fight/?tid=sm_fb (www.washingtonpost.com)

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they will now suffer the wrath of Harlan Ellison -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 18, 17:24
based on my experience, there aren't a ton of books that are freely available in full on there -- (edited) - dj fingerblast Apr 18, 17:22 3
- that was their argument - bits of books aren't the whole things. (sometimes, seeing the bits can actually encourage people to buy.) -- (edited) - b. Apr 18, 17:27 2
  - i guess. i've only bought one thing from them, which i needed for research and wasn't available in hard copy anywhere else - dj fingerblast Apr 18, 17:30 1
    - I don't think it's even as potentially bad as libraries can be. - b. Apr 18, 17:35

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