From the Association of Research Libraries:
The Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have prepared this document to summarize in a few pages of charts some key information about the hundreds of filings that have been submitted to the federal district court presiding over the Google [...]
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The Google Books Settlement: Who Is Filing And What Are They Saying?
New CRS Report: The Google Library Project
CRS Report – “The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law?” (R40194) by Kate M. Manuel
This report provides background on the Library Project, legal issues raised by digitization and indexing projects, and the proposed settlement. It will be updated as developments warrant.
Pirate Party ready to come aboard
From the Hollywood Reporter:
While the Australian government looks at introducing a new Internet filtering system, a new political force is set to start making waves down under.
The Pirate Party, lobbying on a platform of copyright reform, is seeking to register as an official political party here and plans to contest the next federal election.
Pirates Plunder Germany’s Big-Party Voters
From Der Spiegel:
Germany’s elections have seen one small special-interest party notch up an impressive performance. The Pirate Party proved popular with first-time male voters — to the tune of 13 percent — and won 2 percent of the overall vote. Party members are already dreaming of a bigger, brighter future.
Professor wins fees from Joyce estate
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
A Stanford professor who battled James Joyce’s estate for the right to quote family documents in research on one of the author’s most celebrated works will get $240,000 from the estate for her legal fees, the university said Monday.
Carol Shloss’ settlement with Joyce’s heirs ends a court case in which the [...]
Google, French publishers face off in court
From Reuters:
Major publishers accused Google on Thursday of “brutally” exploiting France’s literary heritage as they launched a court challenge to the Internet giant’s drive to scan digital copies of books and put extracts online.
Google Book Settlement 1.0 Is History
From the Huffington Post:
Version 1.0 of the proposed Google Book Search (GBS) Settlement is history, pushed into the dustbin by hundreds of submissions urging Judge Denny Chin to reject it, none more devastating than the one filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) just last Friday.
On the second day after the DOJ came out [...]
DOJ Statement Hinders Google Books Settlement
From SLA’s Public Policy blog:
On 18 September 2009 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) advised a federal judge that, unless revised, the proposed legal settlement giving Google the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to block competition and drive up prices.
SLA has been active in discussions with Google since October 2008, and in [...]
Scribd sued over copyright
From Ars Technica:
The law firm of Camara & Sibley has decided to take on document-sharing website Scribd in a big way, seeking class action status against the site in a lawsuit filed Friday in a Texas federal court. The charge: like YouTube, Veoh, and other user-generated content sites, Scribd makes it just too easy to [...]
A Writer’s Plea: Figure Out How to Preserve Google Books
From Wired:
The dispute over Google Books continues to rage in the courts and op-ed pages of the country. There are legitimate questions about Google, profit sharing and privacy. But let’s not let the litigation obscure that Google Books provides an unprecedented and irreproducible service to its users.