Re: Authors Guild's Paul Aiken Opposes 'Turning Copyright Law Upside Down' -- Except When the Guild Is Helping Publishers Impose a 'License By Default'

From: Mike Bradley <mbradley[_at_]techpubs.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:50:45 -0400

> I think the point was made earlier that copyright is (at present, at
least),
> an "opt-in" type of law rather than an "opt-out" law. Copyright owners
have
> no obligation to opt out of an infringer's planned copying of their works.
> For this reason, it's also arguable that Google's whole caching system is
a
> system of copyright infringement.

I agree completely.

Received on Mon Oct 03 2005 - 22:50:45 GMT

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