[Bob434]

so our ‘scans of music’ and put onto DVD’s is ‘fair use’ then too huh?

[MarvinStinson]

“if tomorrow’s authors cannot make a living from their work, only the independently wealthy or the subsidized will be able to pursue a career in writing,”

[Bob434]

basically what is going to happen is that an author writes a book- takes years to do so or whatever- google has soemoen take 10 minutes or so to automatically scan the work, and offer it for free online, for now, with the eventual thought of charging to read the online content- meaning hte actual author will be udnersold for his OWN work and be bankrupted after having done all that work while google becoems rich after having done hardly any work

Gee what a swell racket! Have soemoen else do all the hard work first, then swoop in and steal the work and sell it to enrich yourself at their expense-

And hte courts ruled this action legal? Theft is now legal?

[VanShuyten]

There were a lot of decisions released today. I assume most of them were procedural, but I don’t know.

Are there any FReepers out there that keep track of this stuff and can sift through those for anything important? Is there a Supreme Court ping list?

[tophat9000]

But a copy of software for your own backup is not

[Steamburg]

To scan or not to scan now gives Google the Sword of Damocles to hang over any author with whom they disagree.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Multi-billion dollar corporation able to skirt copyright laws, able to own something like Youtube which has just about every piece of music ever recorded on that site for anyone to download, yes no corruption going on in this government, but let’s all bash Trump for daring to rebel against these slime bags. Oh you WILL buy this company’s health insurance or we WILL punish you, yes that is perfectly OK but the guy who goes against these establishment fascists is Hitler.

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[BuckeyeTexan]

FReepmail me to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the SCOTUS ping list.

[ml/nj]

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

Look. I like free books.

But anyone who sided with Google in this case needs to be impeached and removed from the Court. (I say this with no clue how anyone voted.)

ML/NJ

[Dr.Deth]

So... we don’t need excerpts anymore? :D

[Sacajaweau]

So I can go to a library and copy any book I want?

[firebrand]

For books that are frequently out of print or copyright. Gobbledygook. Books go in and out of print for various reasons. An author suddenly becomes popular because of a movie based on one of his books and then old ones are reissued. Or there is some other reason, like someone famous mentions his favorite author.

It is enormously expensive to keep a book in print if it is no longer selling large quantities, but the publisher and the author still own the work while the public is reading other things. This is so basic I can’t believe it was even challenged.

[jsanders2001]

Would they have ruled that way if Google didnt assist the Feds on spying on millions of Americans?

[Prospero]

Google’s scanning of copyrighted books only helps to sell those books, putting customers together with writers. They don’t facilitate the ability to download material unless the copyrights have expired. As it is, I could spend the rest of my life reading great books prior to about 1928 that simply wouldn’t be available otherwise. I hesitate to admit I’m grateful to Google for allowing most of those millions of books to be available for free, and searchable. It has immeasurably aided historic research.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Writing and creating music are now a public service that should be given freely as a gift to the downtrodden and underprivileged of the world.

I can't wait to tell the Left. :)

[I want the USA back]

The supreme have their robed heads up their robed a$$es.