John Wilkin's blog - The launch of HathiTrust ... Is this an effort that will compete with Google Book Search? We believe in the value the private sector can bring to great challenges like discovery, but we also believe that...
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Waking up to Books in Richmond: One of the irksome characteristics of the proposed Google Book Search settlement is the restricted access to the service at public libraries. Public libraries, we must recall, have long been public temples dedicated to...
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Coyle's InFormation: This Google/AAP settlement has hit my brain like a steel ball in a pinball machine, careening around and setting off bells and lights in all directions. In other words, where do I start? Reading the FAQ (not the...
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GBS is not a bookstore ... Please. Give me a break. Google Book Search, libraries, Amazon, and brick and mortar booksellers are not mutually substitutable vendors in the marketplace. FAIL. The question of the suits was not about obtaining access...
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The Laboratorium: Conclusion The starting point for all of this analysis has been that Google and the copyright owners are asking a federal court to put the United States’s judicial power behind a document they have presented to it. The...
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Last week I asked Google's lawyers the following questions and received the following responses, which I have paraphrased: • Isn't this a tremendous anti-trust problem? Google has essentially set up a huge compulsory licensing system without the legislation that usually...
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The Guardian: ... Amid all the reactions, an overall lesson should be how little can be determined by legalism, and how much remains unsettled as new technology causes shifts in markets and power. There's some value in enemy-of-my-enemy opposition, where...
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ZDNet.com: The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces–unused spectrum between broadcast channels–in a move the agency hopes paves the way for ‘Wi-Fi on Steroids’....
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Barron’s Online : Google Pulls Out Of Yahoo Deal; Will MSFT Re-Bid? Posted by Eric Savitz Google (GOOG) announced in a blog post this morning that it is pulling out of its advertising outsourcing agreement with Yahoo (YHOO). The company...
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NYTimes.com: SAN FRANCISCO — Tuesday marks the end of a battle that has lasted for more than two years, with each side predicting apocalyptic consequences should it lose. Not the fight for the presidency — the one pitting Google against...
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The Associated Press: Google's growth makes privacy advocates wary By RACHEL METZ – 10 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) — Perhaps the biggest threat to Google Inc.'s increasing dominance of Internet search and advertising is the rising fear, justified or...
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Business Week:le Imagine there was one number that could sum up how influential you are. It would take into account all manner of things, from how many people you know to how frequently you talk with them to how strongly...
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Peter Suber, Open Access News...
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The Google Settlement - From the Universal Library to the Universal Bookstore | Au Courant: The Google Settlement - From the Universal Library to the Universal Bookstore If you think about it, a universal bookstore is a pretty cool idea....
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Madisonian I agree with comments that the “rights registry” aspect of the proposal is its most innovative and potentially problematic feature. There are serious antitrust questions to be asked and answered here, both as to the operation of what may...
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Scholarly Communications @ Duke: First, it is important to realize that this is a proposed agreement to settle a pending law suit. It must be approved by the court and may change in its details during that process. The plaintiff...
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Google Book Search Settlement: A Reader's Guide | Electronic Frontier Foundation Google Book Search Settlement: A Reader's Guide Legal Analysis by Fred von Lohmann As we reported earlier this week, Google has settled the lawsuit brought in 2005 by authors...
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Marcus Banks: Pros: * 20% free content in a book is much more meaningful than a few snippets. For authors, the chance for readers to get greater context will hopefully drive more sales. * Clarification of the roles of Google,...
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Google Book Search -- and Buy (ｩollectanea) ... And my own thoughts on and feelings about the deal are a combination of heartbreak, exhilaration, relief, pride, thankfulness, and gratitude to the libraries who worked so hard to make the deal...
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Cavalier Daily Citing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s technological savvy and technology policies, Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt expressed his support for the Illinois senator yesterday at the Law School. Schmidt and Obama’s technology advisor Julius Genachowski made a...
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