Comments on: Huge Damages Asked by Authors Guild in Google Suit http://file770.com/?p=9854 news of science fiction fandom Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Taral Wayne http://file770.com/?p=9854&cpage=1#comment-102885 Taral Wayne Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:35:20 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=9854#comment-102885 Thank goodness Google is very, very rich. I would hate to think that the righteous wrath of the Authors Guild might remove one of the most useful tools on the internet in order to distribute a $750 check to each of of its aggrieved authors. How long do you suppose it would take Steven King to spend $750, I wonder? He’s not known to be a profligate man, but I would imagine the money can’t mean much to him.

I’m assuming that’s where the over $1,000,000,000 would go — to the authors. Not to one helluva awards bash for the Author’s Guild next year. Or the president and officers of the Guild taking an all-expenses paid trip to the South of France to scout out bikini-clad young writers to sign up. It’s not easy to get away with that sort of peculation unless one is in the banking buisness.

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