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Thursday, October 20, 2005

More on the publisher suit against Google

John Battelle, Here We Go Again: Publishers Sue Google, Searchblog, October 19, 2005. Excerpt:
I really don't get this. I have been both a publisher and an author, and I have to tell you, these guys sue for one reason and one reason alone, from what I can tell: Their legacy business model is imperiled, and they fear change. Of course, if they can get out of their own way, they'll end up making more money. But that never stopped these guys - the MPAA, the RIAA, and now, the AAP.