Tuesday, June 2, 2009

REALLY!?!


I've been completely frustrated by my search for legal representation, and of course I will vent in these posts, but first I revisited the "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" Google Book page and the disclaimer I was looking for popped up this time.

When you reach page seven, Google tells you that you have reached your viewing limit, and if you click "why?" it says --

Why can't I read the entire book?

"Many of the books in Google Book Search come from authors and publishers who participate in our Partner Program. For these books, our partners decide how much of the book is browsable -- anywhere from a few sample pages to the whole book.
For books that enter Book Search through the Library Project, what you see depends on the book's copyright status. We respect copyright law and the tremendous creative effort authors put into their work. If the book is in the public domain and therefore out of copyright, you can page through the entire book and even download it and read it offline. But if the book is under copyright, and the publisher or author is not part of the Partner Program, we only show basic information about the book, similar to a card catalog, and, in some cases, a few snippets -- sentences of your search terms in context. The aim of Google Book Search is to help you discover books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not read them online from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - with a Google twist."

Oh really Google? REALLY!?! Then why is it that I can read 99% of "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" online??? Could it have something to do with the ad revenue that you generate when I flip through all those pages!?!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/13828/saturday-night-live-really-with-seth-and-amy

So you respect copyright law? REALLY!?! Is that why you scanned my book without permission? That is like Bill Clinton saying he loved cigars so much he used Monica Lewinski as a human humidor! Really?

And you respect the tremendous creative effort I put into my work? REALLY!?! Is that why you put as much tremendous creative effort into notifying me as a ghostwritten tweet from Britney Spears?!? REALLY!?!

And your aim is really to help us discover books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not read them online from start to finish. Really? Is that why you are aggressively promoting your Kindle software so that you can dominate the market for reading books online from start to finish?http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/internet/01google.html?scp=1&sq=kindle%20google&st=cse Really!?!

And it's like going to a bookstore and browsing - with a Google twist. Really?

A twist . . . just like Osama Bin Laden saying he loves America so much he sent us his followers as martyrs to save our souls.

Really?!? Huh!

Thank you Seth and Amy.

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/really-gov-blagojevich/881482/

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