The big question is, exactly what doesn't he like about it?
Asked that question by Steven Levy at the Wired Business Conference, Bezos said, as reported by Caroline McCarthy at CNET:
"We have strong opinions about that issue which I'm not going to share ... But, clearly, that settlement in our opinion needs to be revisited and it is being revisited."
The one clue he offered:
"There are many forces of work looking at that and saying it doesn't seem right that you should do something, kind of get a prize for violating a large series of copyrights," Bezos said.
Huh? Wasn't the settlement reached specifically to avoid violating copyrights?
Is Bezos afraid that reading books on Google will keep people from buying them? You mean, like checking them out from a library, where you can read the full text?
I recently read part of a book on Google Books, all the way to the to the point where Google cut it off. I then went to the library to check it out and finish reading it. I could have just as easily bought the book, but I don't have any more room on my shelves.
Too bad Bezos isn't more forthcoming about anything except the phenomenal success of the Kindle -- without revealing actual sales figures, of course.
