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7. Apparently some publishers are using the copyright law to keep older works off the market...

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 06:33 PM

Nov 2013

so they don't compete with their more recent releases.

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Google defeats authors in U.S. book-scanning lawsuit [View all] Eugene Nov 2013 OP

Good to see 'fair use' win a victory... PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #1

Good. Copyright has been so twisted out of shape.. MicaelS Nov 2013 #2

Laws? Martak Sarno Nov 2013 #3

If they are scanning for their search engine dbackjon Nov 2013 #4

25 years is plenty long enough. MicaelS Nov 2013 #9

You can under fair use. Just not the whole thing. Dash87 Nov 2013 #6

I don't see why authors would oppose this. Incitatus Nov 2013 #8