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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The Special Libraries Association of the New York Library Association are members of the Open Book Alliance. From the Blog Post: …the Open Book Alliance released an extensive compilation of third party analysis of the revised Google Books Settlement. The wide-ranging consensus from a diverse chorus of voices is that the revised Settlement is barely distinguishable [...]
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | yesterday
James Grimmelmann writes on The Laboratorium: It’s a full-on attack on the settlement; Amazon’s theory is that the future-claims issue is such a fundamental flaw in the settlement that there is no way Judge Chin could ultimately approve it. [Snip] Thus, Amazon argues, Judge Chin should save time and resources, reject this settlement, and give the parties [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
The judge overseeing the Google Books case has laid out the schedule for the second round of the final approval process, at the same time granting preliminary approval of the revised deal.Like before, opponents of Google's settlement with groups representing authors and publishers will have a comment period in which to file objections, and books rights holders who want to preserve their ability to...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
New York - The judge overseeing the settlement agreement between Google (NASD: GOOG) and authors and publishers over the direction of its massive book-scanning project has pushed a hearing on a revised settlement back to Feb. 18, while at the same time granted preliminary approval to the new deal. "The preliminary approval order sends a positive initial message; this agreement promises to benefit...
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | yesterday
Its been a week since Settlement 2.0 was released. We have a comprehensive press review along with many related documents from the past week here. Until the next major event and our next press review, we will continue to post Settlement 2.0 news and analysis with a focus on stories, analysis, and opinion that has [...]
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Mises Economics Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I posted the following comment to Cory Doctorow's BoingBoing post Competition and Google Book Search: Cory, Google is not perfect but the attacks on them for attempting this seem to me to be demonizing the wrong party. The problem is...
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Daggle: Danny Sullivan's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Google, accused by some as being a book thief , now has company — the Associated Press. The AP patted itself on the back in an internal memo that detailed how it scanned a copy of Sarah Palin’s book without permission, to make it searchable. The irony is rich. The AP hasn’t taken a stance against Google Book Search that I know of, on whether it considers the project to violate fair...
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Corante (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
In case you didn't have enough reading to do this weekend, here are couple of items analyzing the Google Books settlement. First, Fred von Lohmann at EFF just published his third blog entry on the topic. The first piece, very short, points out the key conflict of this settlement : we're trading off increased access to works that might otherwise be difficult to find, but at a potential cost in lost...
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Computer World (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal.
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Intellectual Property Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Google Book settlement received an initial signal of approval by a US court yesterday, according to a book settlement website. A final settlement/fairness hearing should be held on 18 February 2010 before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a document posted on the Google Book settlement website. [...]
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Madinkbeard (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Click for larger size. Another one of these… Images stolen from the film The Furies (with the great Barbara Stanwyck). Text from another Google Book search, pieced together from various sources. Tags: 30_days_of_comics_09 Related posts Pine Away (4) 30 Days of Comics: 9 (1) 30 Days of Comics: 8 (2) 30 Days of Comics: 7 (0) 30 Days of Comics: 6 (4) 30 [...]
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DigitalKoans (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
US District Court Judge Denny Chin has granted preliminary approval of the amended Google Book Search Settlement. Here's the order. Read more about it at "Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Google Deal, Sets Feb. 18 for Final Hearing" and "Judge Sets February Hearing for New Google Books Deal." Related Posts Google Book Search Settlement Amended Google Books Settlement Status Conference...
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The court has given preliminary approval and the following dates are of interest: December 14: supplemental notices about the amended agreement to be sent January 28: objections to amended agreement be filed with the court January 28: opt in date for those members of the class who had previously opted out February 18: hearing to determine whether the agreement [...]
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Fred von Lohmann, the chief copyright counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has been doing an amazing job of analyzing the latest draft of the Google Book Search settlement, really making the legalese clear for the rest of us. In the latest installment, Fred looks at the competition implications of the settlement, and talks about how the settlement could be structured to make the marketplace...
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Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A federal judge late Thursday granted preliminary approval to a revised settlement between Google and two authors and publishers groups over the Internet giant's effort to create a vast digital library. U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin, of the Southern District of New York, said he will hold a hearing Feb. 18 on the new settlement, which would give Google access to scan and print millions of out-of-print...
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