Amazon knocks Google Book Settlement; Opposition (and some support) lines up

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All partisan and self-interested

I've read several of the briefs as well as Google's proposal, and all of them are filled with self-serving doubletalk. The challenge for the courts will be to decide if one way or the other is less harmful than the other.

The "Open Book Alliance" is truly an ironic play on words, because nothing could be further from the truth about their position and arguments.

Sony sides with Google because the alternative is to continue getting their asses kicked by Amazon and the Kindle. No surprise there.

Authors in general hate Google for several reasons, but mostly because Google has tried to bring fair use back into the forefront. Authors with older works figure somehow they are getting diddled on sales/royalties, and authors of new works don't want competition from older works that could distract readers from whatever is on B&N bookshelves for sale today.

I do fear that Congress will eventually wade into this, with terrible results for the consumer. Since Congress represents everybody EXCEPT the citizens and taxpayers, we can rest assured that whatever law they come up with will enrich somebody and screw us over.

Posted by: terry flores   Posted on: 09/03/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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