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August 12, 2012

Authors Guild v. Google (Whether scanning and showing book text is fair use)

JaneEbooksGoogle Book Settlement / lawsuits7 Comments

Introduction In 2004, Google undertook an ambitious project to scan and preserve every printed piece of material in the world. This eventually caused great consternation with copyright holders and led to The Authors Guild filing a lawsuit, among others, alleging that Google’s scanning and subsequent book text index was an ... more >

August 2, 2009

Google Book Settlement: The Revenue Models

JaneEbooksbook prices / Google Book Settlement5 Comments

The point of the Google Book Settlement is to make money. There are some that argue that it is designed to provide more access to literature than is currently being provided, but money is involved here otherwise there wouldn’t be lawsuits. Google Book Settlement has authorized four different revenue models ... more >

July 12, 2009

Google Book Settlement, Part I: How Disputes Are Resolved

JaneEbooksGBKS / Google Book Settlement / Intellectual Property Issues / lawsuits27 Comments

Introduction In 2003 Google announced it had begun scanning books. Its goal was to create a digital library of every piece of printed work that has been put in fixed form. It was, and still is, a noble goal. Google placed these scanned books in a database and made them ... more >

June 10, 2009

Author Alert: Are Publishers Requiring Authors to “Opt In” to Google Book Settlement

JaneBook ReviewsGoogle Book Settlement / Google eBooks / lawsuits12 Comments

According to the Alliance for Arts in Canada, publishers are rewriting contracts to require authors to “opt in” to the Google Book Settlement.   Is anyone seeing this in the US, UK or other publishers? Please check in (you can do so anonymously). In other Google Book Settlement news, the Department ... more >

April 19, 2009

Round Up of Google Book Settlement Articles

JaneEbooksGoogle Book Settlement / lawsuits14 Comments

The big news on the tech/book blogs is the impending approval of the Google settlement. May 5, 2009, is the final date for filing objections to the Google Settlement. Google Print went live in October 5, 2004. At that time, Google had scanned over 100,000 books to be part of ... more >

April 1, 2009

April Fool’s Day Links Roundup

JaneBook Reviewsbook-sales / Borders / digital rights management / Google Book Settlement / Orbit7 Comments

In a not so tom foolery post, Mark Sarvas posts a beautiful in memoriam for his father.   Thanks Elizabeth. Borders does Lisa Kleypas in its new “True Romance” feature.   (Borders needs an embed element). BooksonBoard now offers a new eBook or audio book special every 24 hours! Follow BooksonBoard on ... more >

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