Reply #46: Your post is confusing [View All]

[OldLeftieLawyer]

But the difference is that bookstores sell books. google is hardly selling books; it's just ripping off authors and publishers.

For you to compare google's purchase of a book to what libraries provide is specious. Consider the numbers involved. And if you think people are going to rush to buy books when they can get what they need from google, you're sadly mistaken.

I saw a man the other day, in Borders, copying from an Ann Coulter(!) book, right out there, no shame, no hiding, no nothing. Just standing there, copying out her book into a notebook while listening to his iPod. When I told him that it was a bookstore and not a library, he tried to get into my face, which really wasn't a good idea, because I have a way of raising my voice in public places and making sure thieves are caught.

That's what google is doing, and I'm doing my share of shouting about it by sending a check to the Authors Guild to support this litigation.