Fair use prevails as Supreme Court rejects Google Books copyright case
I very likely am biased as my primary income doesn&#x27;t come from my written literary works, but as a published author, I simply don&#x27;t get the PoV of the publishing&#x2F;music&#x2F;movie industry. Just because you published something doesn&#x27;t mean you should be paid for every single possible usage of it for the rest of your life.<p>I know this isn&#x27;t an Apples to Apples comparison, but imagine where tech would be today if you were paid a royalty every time something you produced was used in any form. Every time that header bar you wrote for Google back in 2006 is reused, adapted, extended, whatever, you got a &gt;1% royalty on. It&#x27;s simply not sustainable and I feel is why these &quot;content&quot; industries will ultimately fail.<p>I&#x27;m pretty vocally negative about many things Google does, but as a long as the continue their current course with this platform, I simply can&#x27;t support the author&#x27;s guild&#x27;s &quot;sky falling&quot; hyperbole.