boingboing.net - 4/19/2009
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Writing on O'Reilly Radar, preeminent legal scholar Pamela Samuelson cuts through the distractions associated with the Google Book Search/Authors Guild settlement and goes right to the heart of the matter: Google, in acceding to the Authors Guild's requests, have attained a legal near-monopoly ...
blog.battlestarwiki.org - 4/17/2009
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blog.battlestarwiki.org —
The Writer’s Guild Foundation has asked that we
share the following press release about a big event...
they are hosting on Tuesday May 5th from 7:30-9:30pm at the Writer’s Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, California. If you live or will be ...
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An Evening With Ronald Moore Event Hosted by ...
graysonagency.com - 4/24/2009
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graysonagency.com —
You may or may not be aware of
what is known as the Google Book Settlement. In...
short, Google was sued by the Authors Guild and several publishers who alleged that Google’s digitizing of books constituted copyright infringement. Google and ...
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The Google Settlement
jaylake.livejournal.com - 4/26/2009
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jaylake.livejournal.com —
Anent my post earlier today about the miserable
thievery that is the Google Books settlement [ jlake.com...
| LiveJournal ], twilight2000 asked me via Twitter : @jay_lake Is this the sort of thing that can be changed by new laws? Is getting our ...
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[publishing] The Google Books settlement and your ...
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April 20, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... to the Google Book Settlement. Jeff VanderMeer on “Fixing Hanover”/Extraordinary Engines Student Discussion at Furman and Dave Larsen’s Knives: Form and Function. Genreality on The Reality of a Times Bestseller. David Levine on Library of Congress backstage tour. Mary Robinette Kowal on The Ten Most Epic Fantasy Battles. Abbey Klaassen on How to Weather a Twitterstorm. Cory Doctorow on Google Book Search settlement gives Google a virtual monopoly over literature. Kirk ...
Victoria Strauss -- Judge Extends Google Book Settlement Deadline
Writer Beware Blogs! —
... Book Search Settlement: Ends, Means, and the Future of Books: a thoughtful summary of issues of concern--including the huge control over orphan works Google will gain from the settlement--from James Grimmelmann of the American Constitution Society. Law professor Pamela Samuelson discusses the orphan works issue, as well as the potential monopoly Google may gain from the settlement, in The Dead Souls of the Google Book Search Settlement. More on the potential Google monopoly from Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing. The comments are ...
Victoria Strauss -- It's Official: DOJ Investigates Google Book Settlement
Writer Beware Blogs! —
... Google Book Search Settlement: Ends, Means, and the Future of Books: A thoughtful summary of issues of concern--including the huge control over orphan works Google could gain from the settlement--from James Grimmelmann of the American Constitution Society. - Law professor Pamela Samuelson discusses the orphan works issue, as well as the potential monopoly the settlement may give Google, in The Dead Souls of the Google Book Search Settlement. - More on the potential Google monopoly from Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing. The comments are ...
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