Google shows only 50 pages out of about 300 and provides several links to buy that book, including to Microsoft Press.
So that 'excellent point' only shows that Google even promotes products of its competitor. I don't think it says anything about Google "ignoring" copyright. Heck, you could even look into that book at Amazon for free: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0735622841
Along your reasoning, every library or friend that shows you a book is ignoring copyright.
Okay, Google links to pages to buy that book. Revenue goes to Microsoft. You can see clearly all over the place that it's a Microsoft book. You can browse where it came from originally.
Microsoft "copies" the results. Does not say where they came from and presents them as their own. In this context, that would be copying all the text from that book, removing all the branding and creating a new book saying that Google wrote it.
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Jacques brings up an excellent point about how Google regards copyright. Here's IP of Microsoft directly from Google:
http://books.google.com/books?id=-ANomF3oARkC&printsec=f...
Google shows only 50 pages out of about 300 and provides several links to buy that book, including to Microsoft Press.
So that 'excellent point' only shows that Google even promotes products of its competitor. I don't think it says anything about Google "ignoring" copyright. Heck, you could even look into that book at Amazon for free: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0735622841
Along your reasoning, every library or friend that shows you a book is ignoring copyright.
Google's allegation is that Microsoft shows one of several search results.
Okay, Google links to pages to buy that book. Revenue goes to Microsoft. You can see clearly all over the place that it's a Microsoft book. You can browse where it came from originally.
Microsoft "copies" the results. Does not say where they came from and presents them as their own. In this context, that would be copying all the text from that book, removing all the branding and creating a new book saying that Google wrote it.