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Google Book Settlement News 2/18/2010
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, fair use, google, Google's Settlement, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 2/15/2010
- Open Book Alliance continues to express opposition to the revised settlement.
- Washington Post article on Google’s defense.
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Tagged commons, fair use, google, Google's Settlement, Internet, library, openness, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 2/12/2010
Larry Lessig has written an article for The New Republic on the Google Books Settlement. From the article:
To grasp the problem, you must actually open up the 165-page-long settlement and read a bit of the language. (The first twenty or so pages are definitions, so skim those.) Very quickly, one sees that the Twitter version of this settlement sounds better than the actual document reads. For rather than a relatively simple rule about how much of a book you get for free, and when you have to pay, the actual terms are enormously complex. Whether a book is “free” depends upon the kind of book it is. Journals have a different rule from regular books. Books with pictures have a different rule again.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, google, Google's Settlement, openness, policy, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 2/11/2010
- The Google Books blog shares its experience digitizing Latin American works with the University of Texas.
- Alix Vance writes on Google Books Terms of Service and how they may be designed to blunt Microsoft efforts.
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Tagged fair use, google, Google's Settlement, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, policy, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 2/8/2010
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice has announced its opposition to the revised Google Book settlement. The Department of Justice notes that the revised settlement is better than the original. From the post:
But it [the Department of Justice] said that “the United States has reluctantly concluded that use of the class-action mechanism in the manner proposed by the [Amended Settlement Agreement] is a bridge too far.” It also said that anti-trust concerns persist over pricing arrangements and a Google monopoly.
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Tagged google, Google's Settlement, policy, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 1/29/10
Jessica E. Vascellaro at the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon is unsatisfied by the revised Google Book Settlement. From the post:
In particular, the books giant [Amazon] argued that the agreement overreaches and violates the U.S. Copyright Act. “The (settlement) continues to give Google exclusive rights likely to lead to a monopoly,” it read.
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Google Book Settlement News 1/26/10
Chris Lefkow is reporting that science fiction author Ursula Le Guin is fighting the revised Google Book Settlement. From the post:
In her petition, which is available on her website, ursulakleguin.com, Le Guin said the settlement was negotiated by the Authors Guild “without consultation with any other group of authors or American authors as a whole.”
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Tagged google, Google's Settlement, open content, policy, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 1/19/2010
The Open Book Alliance is announcing two public meetings hosted by the National Writers Union in New York and San Francisco. The meeting will discuss what the second version of the Google Book settlement means for writers. From the post:
“All writers need to be fully aware of the settlement’s provisions in order to make informed decisions,” said NWU President Larry Goldbetter. “Writers have a second chance, regardless of whether you received official notice or what you did about the original settlement proposal. This is especially important with the new ‘opt-out’ date set for January 28.”
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Tagged google, Google's Settlement, open content, openness, policy, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 1/14/2010
Eric Pfanner at the New York Times is reporting that France is considering a deal with Google Books. From the post:
The panel proposed a partnership in which taxpayer money would be used to scan books from the national library and other public institutions; those would form the backbone of an upgraded version of the government’s existing digital book project, called Gallica.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, google, Google's Settlement, openness, policy, public domain
Google Book Settlement News 1/7/2010
The Open Book Alliance has a new post indicating opposition to the revised Google Book settlement. From the post:
The National Writers Union, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Science Fiction Writers of America today reached out to fellow authors in the U.S. Congress to highlight the flaws of the most recent Google Books Settlement proposal.
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Tagged google, Google's Settlement, open content, openness, policy, public domain
