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The relationship between public libraries and Google: Too much information, by Vivienne Waller. First Monday, Volume 14, Number 9 – 7 September 2009 “This article explores the implications of a shift from public to private provision of information through focusing on the relationship between Google and public libraries. This relationship has sparked controversy, with concerns …
Via Out of the Jungle, insightful commentary and content from a fee based Chronicle of Higher Education article, Choosing Up Sides to Hate or Love the Google Books Deal: “…Andthis is what intrigues me the mosthow will Judge Chin decide what role the federal courts can and should play in the creation and oversight of …
“CDT filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Southern District of New York [September 4, 2009] requesting that key privacy requirements be included in the Court’s approval of the class-action settlement that would dramatically expand Google Book Search. CDT previously released a report in July analyzing the privacy implications of this settlement and …
Google Books Privacy Policy, September 3, 2009 “The main Google Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information when you use Google’s products and services, including Google Books. This additional Policy for Google Books does three things: (1) it highlights key provisions of the main Google Privacy Policy in the context of the Google Books …
bizjounrals: “Amazon.com Inc. this week joined the groups filing objections in court against Google Inc.’s settlement with authors and publishers. Amazon said in its 41-page brief filed in federal court that Google will stifle competition if the settlement is approved.”
Follow up to previous postings on Google Book settlement, BBB News reports – Tech giants unite against Google – “Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google’s attempt to create what could be the world’s largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by …
The ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Berkeley Law School sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt (PDF) today. It was about books. Why books? Google is planning to dramatically expand its book service, Google Book Search. The good news is that …
TIME: “In a complex settlement agreement, which took three years to hammer out and spans 135 pages excluding attachments, Google will be allowed to show up to 20% of the books’ text online at no charge to Web surfers. But the part of the settlement that deals with so-called orphan books which refers to …
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 …
Follow up to previous articles on Google Book Search: “The University of Michigan today announced that it has expanded its historic agreement with Google Inc. to create digital copies of millions of U-M library books and journals. The amended agreement, which strengthens library preservation efforts and increases the public’s access to books, is possible because …
Can Collaboration Solve Copyright Status Questions? The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry – As Roger V. Skalbeck documents, one of the underlying obstacles to reproducing older books is a central place to look for information about what is protected by copyright and what may have passed into the public domain is lacking. Responding to this need, …
Update to May 1, 2009 posting – White House Website Adds Links to FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace – the Official White House Photostream on Flickr EFF: White House Photos Does the Public Need a License to Use?
