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Another short one.

Aha… got your attention didn’t I? But, unfortunately, the headline is true. I have it here in black and white. From an Open Letter from CEO & President of the AAP, Tom Allen, dated June 25th, 2009:

“If not approved by the court, the litigation between AAP, the Authors Guild and Google may continue for years, and with a great risk that authors and publishers will have no effective means to stop the widespread use of copyrighted material that is likely to follow.” (My bold.)

So, some ex-politician who now heads the A.A.P. has pronounced the concept of copyright dead.

Let me see… it is a law isn’t it? Has been for a couple hundred years? So, unless the law is overturned… it will still be a law for the foreseeable future, won’t it? Now, this ex-politician has no excuse. He made laws, he voted on laws… he can’t claim ignorance of the issue of laws….

So what has changed the law? Not Google. The law remains the same. Only the players have changed.

It smells funny… so it doesnt pass the smell test.

It makes no sense… and when that happens, the rule of thumb is…follow the money and you’ll find your answer.

And finally, “do no harm”? Who the hell does Google think they’re kidding?

Read Part Two and then decide for yourself.

Powder dry, head up, stick on the ice… or you’ll take a Google hit you won’t recover from, I guarantee it.