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

I don't think that any retailer has the right to violate the rights of authors in order to run an experiment, regardless of whether the authors would be helped or hurt. The copyright holder has the right to decide whether or not to participate in such an experiment, just as a participant in a medical study must consent, whether or not they would be helped by the study. It is NOT up to the retailer/experimentor.

-Bodi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Tabor" <ket354[_at_]yahoo.com>
To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:26 PM Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Amazon.com's "Search Inside the Book"

>
> --- Karen Coyle <kcoyle[_at_]kcoyle.net> wrote:
> > We should view what Amazon is doing
> > as an experiment and
> > watch for outcomes before we draw conclusions about
> > how this is for
> > authors.
>
> I agree completely.
>
> keith
>
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