Comments on: Google Digital Library Attracts Another Lawsuit

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:16:27 +0000

I didn’t even think about the copying possibility. But that reminded me that you are right, if the artists are working for free then artists may not have the best possible future!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:29:28 +0000

You bring up another really interesting topic of conversation:

Is it worth it for an artist to allow their work to be consumed for free in order to gain publicity?

I mean, if an artist gives their work away for free and NEVER really “makes it,” it seems like that wouldn’t have been the best plan.

It also brings up the idea that if all of this content is suddenly available, much of it is at risk for being copied and recreated illegally.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:48:26 +0000

This is a tough one. Google is providing an online library, thats all. We can all go to the library and take a book, look at, print any pages that we want. This is easy. So all Google is doing is providing this online, making it easier for the consumer. I can understand the authors concerns, but I also think of how much more exposure the authors and photographers are going to get because of Google. Who knows the next Picasso could be discovered because some art expert was looking something up on Google.
I guess I would look at the big picure for this one!