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Story: Google suspends plan to scan the world's books

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According to Google's Print Product Manager, Adam Smith, this process has been halted so "any and all copyright holders can tell us which books they'd prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library". To give publishers time to respond to Google's request, Smith says his company "won't scan any in-copyright books from now until this November"

I can't believe people are so stupid and ignorant of basic copyright law.

What arrogance.

Publishers DON"t have to respond. Which means Google can't. legally, scan any of the publishers copyrighted material.

You have to have specific permission to copy, copyrighted material, not the abscence of an objection.

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