i'd feel better if Google had asked each owner of the copyrighted material for their permission to scan the book.
It's the copyright owner's choice to be in a program that may increase sales. If he wishes to decrease sales, that is also his choice and should have the right to opt out.
data is extremely valuable. The data of millions of books many of which have been edited by professionals is really priceless for a corporation like Google.
I won't be surprised when Apple, Microsoft and Facebook start their own "platform" to help out the public and help out authors by increasing sales by showing the public their works.
It's the copyright owner's choice to be in a program that may increase sales. If he wishes to decrease sales, that is also his choice and should have the right to opt out.
data is extremely valuable. The data of millions of books many of which have been edited by professionals is really priceless for a corporation like Google.
I won't be surprised when Apple, Microsoft and Facebook start their own "platform" to help out the public and help out authors by increasing sales by showing the public their works.