04-05-2010, 06:03 PM
(04-05-2010, 10:42 AM)srijantje Wrote: well,that's exactly what big corporations are all about,monopolizing things,nothing new herei agree, but monopolizing when and what we can read is a bit strong.
in effect what it does is take away the copyright from the copyright holder. what i'm saying is this. if they can digitize a book then anyone should be able to digitize a book within the same time frame of 11 years after publication. (i think) i think 11 years is a good length for someone to hold a copyright, after that we (someone) could digitize it and make it free for people to read or download on the net.
what google are aiming for is to digitize it and show just a small excerpt in the hope of someone paying for the download or the hard copy. something i could never agree to.
by all means after the 11 years let anyone who wants to sell a hard copy do so even a soft copy but the soft copy has to also be available free somewhere else. which makes the soft copy sale unviable.
so i say yes to an 11 year copyright and a definite no to google acquiring everyone's copyright including the books already out of copyright.