Re: That's nothing wrong with making money.
No there's not. There is something wrong with making money from somebody else's work, which is precisely what IP law is supposed to prevent. This case is particularly pernicious in that Google did not even BUY the books, they borrowed them from libraries. They should have been required to negotiate the rights with authors/agents/publishers of the books especially where the author/agent/publisher is known or easily discovered.
Yes, I'm willing to treat orphaned books differently. But there again Google have not structured anything to reserve money that ought to go to the authors of the published books.
This is simply another case of a megacorp running roughshod over the rights of the little guy, even if they are arguing it helps another little guy.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
