Will the Google/libraries deal affect copyright reform?

In today’s Los Angeles Times, Lawrence Lessig wonders what effect the Google/libraries deal will have on copyright reform. “It is not at all clear that Google and these libraries have the legal right to do what is proposed. For work in the public domain, the right is clear enough. But for work not in the public domain, Google’s right to scan — to copy — whole texts to index is uncertain at best, even if it ultimately makes only snippets available. … Google’s gamble shows that it is time for Congress to listen to both the content industry and the digital entrepreneurs. … Reforms designed to clarify copyrights would allow Google to do more with our cultural and intellectual past without legal worries. They would also allow others, at very low cost, to do the very same.” [Los Angeles Times] (via)

January 13, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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