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InternetNews September 8, 2009 |
EU Officials Offer Tepid Praise for Google Books Commissioners call for reform of European copyright laws so that projects like Google's Book Search could be implemented swiftly and fairly.  |
InternetNews August 21, 2009 |
Heavy Hitters Taking Swings at Google Book Search Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon joining new coalition aiming to block Google's settlement agreement with authors and publishers.  |
InternetNews February 5, 2010 |
DoJ Still Wary About Google Book Settlement Federal attorneys say amended settlement still doesn't address fundamental antitrust and copyright concerns.  |
InternetNews September 25, 2009 |
Judge's Order Keeps Google Books in Limbo New York judge postpones fairness hearing for controversial settlement agreement in response to DoJ objections.  |
InternetNews September 4, 2009 |
Google Books Scrutiny Mounts as Deadline Nears Google agrees to create privacy policy for its Book Search project amid FTC concerns.  |
InternetNews November 16, 2009 |
Google Books Still Faces Criticism After Revision Google submitted to a federal court a revised version of a controversial settlement agreement with two author and publisher groups that would make millions of out-of-print books available online. Opponents of the deal argue that the changes are more cosmetic than substantive.  |
Information Today August 27, 2009 Paula J. Hane |
Anti Google Book Settlement Organizations Band Together in Open Book Alliance The countdown to the Oct. 7 court hearing on the Google Book settlement is on.  |
Information Today October 30, 2008 |
Google Reaches Settlement Agreement with Publishers and Authors The settlement would expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials in the U.S. from the collections of a number of major U.S. libraries participating in Google Book Search.  |
Information Today September 10, 2009 Susanne Bjorner |
Europeana and Digitization: The Collaboration Is Only Beginning The recently released "Next Steps" planning communication from the European Commission (EC) gives Europeana just praise as a showcase for European cultural artifacts.  |
Information Today October 11, 2012 George H. Pike |
Google's Settlement With Publishers Does Not Resolve All Library Project Issues After more than 7 years of litigation, Google and The Association of American Publishers reached a settlement over Google's ongoing Library Project to scan books from public and academic libraries and make the content available over Google.  |
Information Today March 31, 2011 George H. Pike |
Google Book Settlement Rejected: What's Next? Last week's rejection of the proposed settlement of the lawsuit between Google and a group of authors and publishers has thrown the future of the Google Book database into question.  |
Information Today December 21, 2009 |
Library Associations Raise Google Book Search Pricing Concerns to DOJ The library associations urge the Department of Justice to request the court to review the pricing of the institutional subscriptions to ensure that the economic objectives set forth in the settlement agreement are met.  |
InternetNews October 29, 2008 David Needle |
Authors Cheer Google Book Search Deal Settlement for $125 million ends a long battle over Google's Library project and searching inside books.  |
Information Today December 19, 2011 George H. Pike |
Class Action Filed in Google Books Case The long- delayed lawsuit over the Google Book project took a significant step toward court action and potentially farther away from a settlement with the filing of a motion for Class Certification by The Authors Guild and several individual authors.  |
Information Today April 11, 2011 |
Library Copyright Alliance Releases Analysis of the Google Books Settlement Rejection The LCA comprises the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries.  |
InternetNews April 29, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Google Defends Book Search Deal Google again finds itself on the defensive, trying to prove that it's not engaging in patently anti-competitive behavior.  |
InternetNews June 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Google Stumps for Book Search Settlement Google is getting vocal about what the deal with authors and publishers would and wouldn't allow it to do.  |
Information Today November 23, 2009 Barbara Quint |
Here We Go Again! The Revised Google Book Settlement Last week, when Google and its someday-soon ex-litigants filed a revised settlement agreement with the court, the media coverage proved equally feverish.  |
InternetNews September 10, 2009 |
Lawmakers Probe Google Book Search Google's controversial digital book project saw another wave of public scrutiny this morning, this time in the form of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the competitive implications of its landmark settlement with authors and publishers.  |
Information Today February 4, 2010 |
Stanford Signs Google Book Search Agreement, Endorses Court Settlement Stanford University has affirmed its support for the recently amended Google Book Search settlement agreement by expanding its earlier agreement with Google to digitize its library materials.  |
InternetNews October 30, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Google, Books and 'Consumer Bandwidth' Wary optimism greets Google's settlement with publishers, authors. Bigger copyright challenge looms from Viacom; bookselling industry still needs a lifeline.  |
Information Today October 7, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
European Law Works to Move Copyright Into the 21st Century The European Court of Justice ruled that libraries, "for the purpose of research or private study," can digitize works as a legitimate fair use exemption to European Union copyright law, with some specific limitations.  |
InternetNews August 26, 2009 |
Opponents Rally Against Google Book Search True to their word, a handful of the biggest players in tech have thrown their lot in with the Internet Archive to derail Google's settlement with authors and publishers concerning its Book Search project.  |
Information Today September 24, 2009 |
Google Book Search Settlement Hearing to Be Postponed On Sept. 22, the parties involved in the Google Book Search settlement have asked the federal court to postpone the scheduled Oct. 7 hearing to give them time to work with the U.S. Department of Justice so that the parties can amend the Settlement Agreement.  |
Information Today November 3, 2008 Barbara Quint |
The Google Book Search Settlement: `The Devil's in the Details' For the last 3 years, the Google Book Search Library Project has operated under the shadow of lawsuits filed by the Authors Guild and several members in a class action suit and by the Association of American Publishers.  |
InternetNews August 9, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Google Book Project Signs UC Pact Google's effort to index library books turned another page with the addition of the University of California to its Print Library Project.  |
Information Today September 22, 2011 Nancy K. Herther |
Authors Take Libraries to Court in Face Off on Copyright Issues On Sept. 12, eight authors -- including James Shapiro and Fay Weldon -- along with three key organizations representing authors in North America and Australia -- filed suit to stop academic libraries from their participation in HathiTrust digitization projects  |
InternetNews November 1, 2005 Tim Gray |
Google Back in Book Business Google says it will resume scanning copyrighted books.  |
InternetNews September 21, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Authors Guild Gags on Google Library Authors sue Google in federal court over the Google Library program, charging massive copyright infringement.  |
Information Today September 24, 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books."  |
Information Today May 31, 2005 Barbara Quint |
Google Library Project Hit by Copyright Challenge from University Presses Extending the Google Print program to the digitization of five of the world's largest university research libraries, including copyrighted as well as non-copyrighted material, would inevitably seem to lead to a challenge of copyright violation. Oddly enough, the challenge has come from the less commercial publishers--the nonprofit university presses.  |
Information Today August 6, 2009 |
Library Groups Advise DOJ on Google Book Settlement The groups requested the Antitrust Division to advise the court presiding over the Google Book Settlement to supervise the implementation of the settlement closely, particularly the pricing of institutional subscriptions and the selection of the Book Rights Registry board members.  |
Information Today May 19, 2011 |
Library Copyright Alliance Releases Statement on Copyright Reform Libraries have always advocated for reasonable copyright policy -- in the courts as well as in the U.S. Congress.  |
PC World November 1, 2001 Sumner Lemon |
Microsoft, Government May Make a Deal Proposed antitrust settlement would give PC makers more control over Windows desktops; deal could be finalized on Friday...  |
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan |
EU Regulators Investigate Amazon's E-Book Practices The European Commission announced Thursday that it is looking into whether or not Amazon's policies pressured rivals into keeping their prices higher.  |
Information Today January 25, 2010 |
Open Book Alliance Urges a Public Guardian for Digital Book Database--Not Google The Open Book Alliance has asked Congress to help establish a digital book database that provides greater access to books, respects the rights of authors and publishers, and doesn't grant undue power to any single company.  |
Information Today November 19, 2013 George H. Pike |
Google's Fair Use Defense Prevails in Google Books Lawsuit A federal court in New York gave Google a huge victory that may likely end its 9-year fight with the Authors Guild and individual authors over the Google Books scanning project.  |
InternetNews November 7, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft to Scan Brit Books Scanning the collection of the prestigious British Library is a big job - and Microsoft wants to do it.  |
Information Today September 12, 2011 George H. Pike |
Orphan Works Project to Scan Library Books for Online Database This Orphan Works Project could result in digital access to millions of out-of-print books, but it also runs a risk of violating federal copyright laws.  |
Information Today April 4, 2005 Barbara Quint |
Post-Tasini Class Action Case Settling for Up to $18 Million The finding by the Supreme Court established that publishers and the information industry had to get approval from authors to electronically publish reports. The amount to be paid to writers under the settlement plan depends on a number of factors.  |
InternetNews February 24, 2004 Alexander Wolfe |
EU Closer to Microsoft Decision The European Union's long-running antitrust case against Microsoft moved another step closer to its conclusion, with the EU's antitrust chief confirming that he has set a date for deciding the case.  |
Information Today October 10, 2005 Carole Ebbinghouse |
We've Not Seen the Last of The Copyright Class Action So far, none of the organizations involved in The Copyright Class Action and In Re Literary Works in Electronic Databases Copyright Litigation or the copyright class action Web site have a press release or any mention of the final approval of the settlement by the court on Sept. 30.  |
InternetNews August 12, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Google Suspends Copyright Copies The search engine giant makes concessions to copyright owners but some publishers still have concerns about Google's book projects.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Roy Mark |
Court Touts Microsoft's Settlement Compliance Status report of Microsoft's settlement with the Department of Justice checks up on its progress, including complaints about a licensing program.  |
PC World November 2, 2001 Scarlet Pruitt |
Microsoft, Justice Department Reach a Settlement Judge still must approve deal to end antitrust case; states are asking for more time to review the agreement...  |
InternetNews November 3, 2005 Tim Gray |
Google Opens Library Doors to the World The first large scale collection of public domain books went live online today as part of search giant Google's plan to amass the world of letters on the Internet.  |
InternetNews October 19, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Print Hits The Fan The Association of American Publishers said it's suing Google over its plans to digitally copy and distribute copyrighted works without permission of the copyright owners.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 Chris Thompson |
Harvard's Alternative to Google Books Universities launch a digital public library which will archive every book in the public domain and offer them online to anyone. The library's prototype is expected to launch this year.  |
Information Today December 2005 Keith Kupferschmid |
Are Authors and Publishers Getting Scroogled? A copyright analysis of the Google Print Library Project.  |
Information Today July 30, 2012 George H. Pike |
Justice Department Responds to Ebook Lawsuit Objections The U.S. Department of Justice responded to public comments made objecting to the department's proposed settlement of price fixing charges levied against Apple, Inc., HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and four other publishers.  |