That's How It Happened

The Author's Guild are suing Google, because they believe Google Print infringes copyright. A lot of people including the EFF and boingboing are saying this is "fair use", and that the authors should be glad their books are now better "indexed". However much I usually condone internet downloading, the Author's Guild do have a point. Here's the Google Print results for a Sushi recipe book. Every single page is available for free, to read at home anytime you choose. What's more Google Video is also hosting a ton of copyrighted material. Here's Charlie Murphy's Hollywood Stories via Google. Who needs Suprnova when Google are hosting so much good stuff? I'm fascinated to see how this works out in the courts.