>>Ted blogs: "Hentzenwerke Books on Google Print"
>>http://radio.weblogs.com/0117767/2005/12/28.html#a1818
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>>Is this good or bad news?
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>Well, if you need access to the book for a quick lookup, it's a good thing. If you'd like to earn royalties by writing books, it's a bad thing.
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>"The Congress shall have the power... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;" -- U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8


ed,

That's basically my take. But OTOH for a case like VFP it might help reach out to more people, at the cost of denying some income to you guys (I know the TON of money you made). I don't like the idea of circumventing copyright. I know Google had some legal issues on this.

I had not read up on the issue and do not know if Whil (the publisher) had to allow them to do this or they go about it unnanounced. It is a thorny issue.