http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/10/28/google-to-settle-book-scanning-suit-with-publishers-authors.html Musings of a techie lawyer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/10/28/google-to-settle-book-scanning-suit-with-publishers-authors.html#comment-4456 Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tags » Compelling Silliness: Register on Google Book Settlement Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:08:08 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=576#comment-4456 [...] while I suggested on my first read of the settlement that the registry and clearinghouse “look[ed] like private implementations of infrastructure [...] [...] while I suggested on my first read of the settlement that the registry and clearinghouse “look[ed] like private implementations of infrastructure [...]

]]> http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/10/28/google-to-settle-book-scanning-suit-with-publishers-authors.html#comment-3988 Linda Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:14:04 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=576#comment-3988 Orphan works tied up with revenue accruing only to Google? Indexing & discovery limited to Google's search? 'research' access limited to machine reading and not human reading? I think there's a lot here to be explored and an opportunity to influence it before the Court makes its judgment. Unintended consequences of private lockups are worth some thought. Orphan works tied up with revenue accruing only to Google? Indexing & discovery limited to Google’s search? ‘research’ access limited to machine reading and not human reading? I think there’s a lot here to be explored and an opportunity to influence it before the Court makes its judgment. Unintended consequences of private lockups are worth some thought.

]]> http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/10/28/google-to-settle-book-scanning-suit-with-publishers-authors.html#comment-3986 The Google Book Search Deal: Winners and Losers | Medialoper Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:21:43 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=576#comment-3986 [...] Fair Use Advocates: There are many (myself included) who believed Google had a strong fair use argument to support their scanning efforts. It was hoped that a Google court victory would reaffirm those rights. By settling out of court Google avoided the issue entirely. Clearly Google has some long term goals for this content that would not have fallen under Fair Use. In the end Google was better off striking a deal with the rightsholders. Also, it’s been noted that by avoiding this issue entirely Google may have effectively locked out any future competition. [...] [...] Fair Use Advocates: There are many (myself included) who believed Google had a strong fair use argument to support their scanning efforts. It was hoped that a Google court victory would reaffirm those rights. By settling out of court Google avoided the issue entirely. Clearly Google has some long term goals for this content that would not have fallen under Fair Use. In the end Google was better off striking a deal with the rightsholders. Also, it’s been noted that by avoiding this issue entirely Google may have effectively locked out any future competition. [...]

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