Is this what copyright is for.... (Score 0)

Libraries have purchased the copy(s) they lend out. I see no problem in having Google post info and excerpts from copyrighted books, that is fair use! But assuming that they have free reign to redistribute full works unless the author gives them an exclude list is not. (no it is not right for the wayback machine to do the same with websites ether, but you can say that the website was "given away" freely so give them a bit of a pass). Call me a Ludite, but as far as I can see there is nothing in the Copyright law that says that it is Ok to steal copyrighted stuff unless the owner finds you and gives you a list of things They don't want you to steal. (Isn't that what copyLeft is about?). It is hard enough for Authors to make a living at writing without Google stealing their works and giving them away for free.