Comments on: French publisher sues Google; specifies damages http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/french-publisher-sues-google-specifies-damages/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Perry http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/french-publisher-sues-google-specifies-damages/comment-page-1/#comment-1145834 Mike Perry Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:15:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=29557#comment-1145834 I would take this seriously. For good and bad, the French take artists, including writers, much more seriously than we do here in the more business-oriented states. I wouldn't want to be among the Google lawyers appearing before a French court. It's hard to feel sorry for Google in this matter. The extension of book copyrights to digital media isn't that different from its early extension to movie rights and the like. If they're really wanted to stay legal rather than define by fiat what is legal, they could have come up with a test case involving a single book rather than millions. Then a lost wouldn't be that expensive and the legality would have been settled. OH! You're my new favorite blogger fyi I would take this seriously. For good and bad, the French take artists, including writers, much more seriously than we do here in the more business-oriented states. I wouldn’t want to be among the Google lawyers appearing before a French court.

It’s hard to feel sorry for Google in this matter. The extension of book copyrights to digital media isn’t that different from its early extension to movie rights and the like. If they’re really wanted to stay legal rather than define by fiat what is legal, they could have come up with a test case involving a single book rather than millions. Then a lost wouldn’t be that expensive and the legality would have been settled.
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi

]]> By: Mike Perry http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/french-publisher-sues-google-specifies-damages/comment-page-1/#comment-1145815 Mike Perry Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:54:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=29557#comment-1145815 I would take this seriously. For good and bad, the French take artists, including writers, much more seriously than we do here in the more business-oriented states. I wouldn't want to be among the Google lawyers appearing before a French court. It's hard to feel sorry for Google in this matter. The extension of book copyrights to digital media isn't that different from its early extension to movie rights and the like. If they're really wanted to stay legal rather than define by fiat what is legal, they could have come up with a test case involving a single book rather than millions. Then a lost wouldn't be that expensive and the legality would have been settled. I would take this seriously. For good and bad, the French take artists, including writers, much more seriously than we do here in the more business-oriented states. I wouldn’t want to be among the Google lawyers appearing before a French court.

It’s hard to feel sorry for Google in this matter. The extension of book copyrights to digital media isn’t that different from its early extension to movie rights and the like. If they’re really wanted to stay legal rather than define by fiat what is legal, they could have come up with a test case involving a single book rather than millions. Then a lost wouldn’t be that expensive and the legality would have been settled.

]]> By: MoB http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/french-publisher-sues-google-specifies-damages/comment-page-1/#comment-1145793 MoB Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:47:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=29557#comment-1145793 I wouldn't take it seriously... anyway, they are French... :) I wouldn’t take it seriously… anyway, they are French… :)

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