Commentary on Future of Google Book Search Settlement

Follow-up to previous postings on Google Book Search, Deal or No Deal: What if the Google Settlement Fails? by Andrew Richard Albanese, Publishers Weekly.

  • “Notably, despite a litany of concerns and obvious unease, the library community did not oppose the deal. That’s partly out of an underlying belief that the benefit of a massive database of book content helps them fulfill their mission, and partly, no doubt, because of risk. Should this deal fail, libraries could face legal exposure for their own digital library initiatives, and possibly for their contributory role in Google’s book-scanning efforts.”
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