From The Ottawa Citizen:
Canadian officials are taking part in negotiations for a top-secret copyright treaty that could see families barred from the Internet for a year if someone in the household is suspected of illegal downloads.
Under the worldwide rules of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Internet service providers such as Bell and Rogers in Canada [...]
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Internet talks to create copyright police
Samuelson Says Google Book Search Settlement Doesn’t Fully Reflect “Public Trust Responsibilities”
From Library Journal:
“You create a public good this substantial, guess what: public trust responsibilities come with it.” So said University of California law professor Pamela Samuelson Friday during a keynote lunch at the D is for Digitize conference, held at New York Law School.
And Google and the plaintiffs, the Authors Guild and the Association of [...]
Google Co-Founder Defends Book Search Settlement, Draws Criticism
From Library Journal:
In an op-ed October 9 in the New York Times defending the Google Book Search settlement, Google co-founder Sergey Brin called it a win-win for authors, publishers, and Google, with the “real winners… the readers who will now have access to a greatly expanded world of books.”
The op-ed, headlined A Library to Last [...]
Google Claims to be the Lone Defender of Orphans: Not lone, not defender
From the Open Content Alliance:
At a press conference that Google held today, Techcrunch reported these statements by Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt. They deserve correction.
Merkel criticises Google for copyright infringement
From Reuters:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday criticised the efforts of Google Inc to build a massive digital library, saying the Internet should not be exempt from copyright laws.
In her weekly video podcast, before Tuesday’s opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Merkel appealed for more international cooperation on copyright protection and said her government opposed [...]
New York Time Op-Ed Column by Sergey Brin – A Library to Last Forever
From the New York Times:
There has been some debate about the settlement, and many groups have offered their opinions, both for and against. I would like to take this opportunity to dispel some myths about the agreement and to share why I am proud of this undertaking.
Google Books and Copyright: The Status Conference (Oct 7, 2009)
Kenneth Crews, Director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, attended the hearing. Read his account.
Amended Google Deal Targeted for November 9
From Publishers Weekly:
At a status conference held in a crowded New York courtroom this morning, lawyers representing the AAP and Authors Guild told judge Denny Chin they will file an amended agreement with the court by November 9 to address the many concerns raised by the original Google Book Search Settlement.
The new agreement will include specific [...]
Libraries, Publishers and Leading Advocates Join Open Book Alliance in Calling for Open, Transparent Settlement Process in Google Book Search Case
From PRNewswire-USNewswire:
Dozens of leading academic, library, consumer advocacy, organized labor and publishing organizations joined the Open Book Alliance today in calling on Google and its litigation partners to create an open and transparent process to negotiate a settlement in the Google Book Search case. The parties published an open letter to Google, the Authors Guild [...]
Google Should Use Extra Time to Add Privacy Into Google Book Search
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Today EFF along with the ACLU and the privacy authors and publishers they represent, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of College and Research Libraries, CDT, EPIC, SFLC, Professor James Grimmelman sent a joint letter to Google urging it to include privacy protections along with [...]