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On 04/02/10 08:56, tom wrote:
I've been thinking about this Google Book Agreement and am starting to get very scared about it.
Why? [A real question, I'd like to understand your reasons, I'm not currently sure how I feel]
As a copyright holder I had a right to publish further or not. I wont anymore.
Previously your only recourse before was to sue anyone who chose to copy your work. Such action would likely be expensive, time consuming, and not necessarily resulting in a win. Under the GBA you can ask Google to exclude your work from all uses, or assert a request not to digitize it in the first place. You can also claim for payments due to revenues arising from use (though I expect that will amount to pennies for all but the most popular works). However, the default for all works "not commercially available" is to include them rather than exclude them, and I'm not sure this is the right choice. Anthony -- Author of C++ Concurrency in Action http://www.stdthread.co.uk/book/ just::thread C++0x thread library http://www.stdthread.co.uk Just Software Solutions Ltd http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk 15 Carrallack Mews, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7UL, UK. Company No. 5478976 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html