mack - 8:36 pm on Sep 21, 2005 (gmt 0)

The same argument here. You can look at the book in the bookstore (or read the whole thing) without buying it.

Big difference. You go into a library or a book store and you are lookimg at the "real" book in exactly the way the author intended it to be viewed.

A true comparison would be going into a book store and reading the latest best seller fresh from a photocopier.

I just see this as an example of Google thinking they have outgrown the laws. We are Google we can do what we want.

Google are one very forward thnkign company. A lot of what they are pushing out is very cutting edge and in many ways is more realted to a Project than a public offering. Imagine someone studying computer science wrote a book search for a campus library. That would be a winner. But making it public would be a no no!

Same applies.

I think Google books would be a very good tool, if it where opt-in. In this case opt-out simply doesnt work.

Mack.