Re: Fish or fowl?

[Samuel Trosow <strosow@uwo.ca>]

Since when do publishers have the right to determine what constitues
"acceptable fair use"?  I don't see anything in the Copyright Act that
delegates such rulemaking authority to the publishers. Have I missed a
recent amendment?

Sam Trosow
University of Western Ontario

Joseph Esposito wrote:

> Yes, what is a snippet?  But there is another aspect of the Google Print
> program that gives publishers pause, the requirement that they allow up to
> 20% of the text to be accessible online.  Of course, 20% is not 100%, but
> it is a far cry from the 500 words that most publishers agree constitutes
> acceptable fair use.  Google is pushing the envelope, no question about
> it.
>
> Joe Esposito
>
> On 6/10/05, Sloan, Bernie <bernies@uillinois.edu> wrote:
> > And, as the publishers ask, what is a snippet?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:44 PM
> > To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> > Subject: Fish or fowl?
> >
> > Concerning Google Print, whether or not one finds the service to be
> > satisfactory may depend on what metaphor one brings to it.  Is Google
> > Print supposed to be a library?  If so, it is a highly unsatisfactory
> > one, as snippets of text are hardly a substitute for an entire book.  
> > But it was not as a library that Google sought the participation of
> > publishers.
> >
> > For publishers GP was postioned as a form of bookstore.  Google would
> > find the books, display the snippets, and encourage the purchase of
> > the books.
> > >From what publishers tell me, it is working.  To put the point more
> > emphatically, if anyone finds GP to be satisfactory as a library, then
> > Google could be accused of misleading publishers.
> >
> > --
> > Joe Esposito