I had to stop by briefly to let y'all know I am closely following the Google book deal and will be examining it in more detail over to The Cyberculturalist. I was all for the idea at first - the free exchange of information and all - but Google has literally... their attitude is that of a sneaker pimp's! Time and again, large companies have specifically asked them, "What about Point 1? How about question B?" and, time and again, Google has come up with a slick dodge instead of a solid answer.
Now the DOJ is in it, claiming Google could assume rights to works whose copyright holders are unknown or hard to find. I don't know how they could do that, because those terms generally mean the work is now in the public domain, regardless of when it was last published. It's stuff like this that have me scratching my head and biting my tongue. Tho jutht thit thtill... Thorry.
Ahem: Sorry.
So just sit still while I sift through it all, because there's no way in Hell I want Google claiming ownership of any works produced by anyone outside of Google. Furthermore, Google employees and the company itself should be working on nothing but search and search-related matters, because Google is a search engine.
This hulking monopoly is laying claim to every, single piece of information known to Man. That's so not being "melodramatic." If the DOJ is correct in their allegation, then we're going to have to stop Google, period.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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