1 Mar
2006
1 Mar
'06
3:57 p.m.
Bowerbird@aol.com writes:
after all, they "own" that public-domain material just as much as you or i "own" it.
Yes, but PG doesn't claim a copyright on the PD material, unlike Kessenger and the others. It's a shame that they are able to hide a PD book behind a copyrighted cover.
no, i think the blame falls on _our_ shoulders, because as the people dedicated to providing full and free access to the public domain, we are failing in our mission by not ensuring that google has a no-pages-restricted entity in its book-search for each and every public-domain book that they have.
How many PD books have you found in Google Book Search that were not visible? Did you report them to Google? If not, some of the blame falls on _your_ shoulders.