Re: Re: Amazon.com's "Search Inside the Book"

The authors may own the copyrights, or they may not. It depends.

At 04:25 PM 11/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>David Dailey writes,
>
> >> When I read Amazon's announcement, I thought "Wow, what market clout
> >> Amazon must have to convince all those publishers to give them
> >> permission..." Others seem to have thought "what a nasty Amazon to
> >> so boldly infringe the copyrights of all those quaint publishers..."
>
>*What* copyrights of the publishers? You've overlooked a whole group here:
>the actual copyright owners. I.e., the authors. We're a little puzzled by
>Amazon's gimmick, but what concerns us is the publishers' so readily
>granting that permission and whether or not they've consulted with those
>who in fact own the rights.
>
>--DS
>
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