tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8807493226768355155..comments2024-03-19T06:27:47.905+00:00Comments on The IPKat: A closer look at the Google Books Library Project decisionVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78421387934472994642014-05-01T13:34:50.454+01:002014-05-01T13:34:50.454+01:00Dan-r,
You overplay your argument.
"But the...Dan-r,<br /><br />You overplay your argument.<br /><br />"<i>But there is no reason to steriliize free access to culture for three generations only for the benefit of few entertainment monopolies.</i>"<br /><br />You STILL have the same "free access" you had prior to any digital actions by Google. What you do NOT have is Google's improved (even as shoddy as that improvement may be) access. You have lost sight of what exactly is being controlled.<br /><br />What I think that you are really lamenting is the lack of Government doing as Google has done for the purpose that <i>you</i> want. But there is NO government edict that I am aware of that does what you want.<br /><br />In the US, there are the rudimentary blocks of such things. There is a submission "requirement." However, international agreements BLOCK such submissions from having any further teeth, given the "no formalities" aspect.<br /><br />So... until the international agreements change, or we have a truly one-world government, or in (and only within) one country that decides to put into place the law that you <i>want</i>, but does not currently exist, your lament just falls short.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1781125634468677922014-05-01T10:10:09.810+01:002014-05-01T10:10:09.810+01:00Not entering the heart of the debate, I am a user ...Not entering the heart of the debate, I am a user of books scanned by Google (mainly ancient authors of law, philosophy and political science) ; I can only but lament the poor quality of the scanning in many cases, idem for the reader software, producing illegible words and even sentences. National libraries should scan and provide free access to their collections for educational and scientific purposes. IIn France, we have Gallica. But esoteric image formats may render the text impossible to research, or make the extraction of citations impossible (except with a pen and paper). Unesco should work on international standards aiming at the widest possible access to litterature and to scientific publications wether copyrighted or not. Orphan works should be assimilated to non copyrighted works. And the lenght of the copyright should be much shorter if we want modern productions to participate fully in the progress of culture and research. I'm dreaming wide awake, here... But there is no reason to steriliize free access to culture for three generations only for the benefit of few entertainment monopolies.Dan-rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-47091947925876746582013-11-18T15:00:23.863+00:002013-11-18T15:00:23.863+00:00I agree with your comments Eleonora. It´s strange...I agree with your comments Eleonora. It´s strange that the Judge recognizes value in data mining, but that value is something that doesn´t belong to the authors. <br />On the other hand, it´s OK for a huge multinational to “transform” works into data (as Chin said), and obtain all the profits.<br />Luciano Mnoreply@blogger.com