an EC meeting yesterday on anti-trust elements of the GBS yielded this :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...an-titles.html
* Excellent* news thus far, with Google having breached 5 million copyrights, having no workable data privacy policy and
using deposit libraries to achieve a digitisation project that paid scant attention to holders of intellectual property rights.
Last edited by Christine Murray; 9th September 2009 at 10:17 AM.
The US Library of Congress opted out ages ago, Oxford Library did not. lnterestingly most info in lreland came via the excellent Poetry Ireland site which published an author info and resource page bringing in the Berne Convention ( Victor Hugo drafted that ) and the anti-trust/class action hearings ( class action led by amongst others the Steinbeck estate ) . Data privacy here : US authorities urge privacy policy for Google books - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent
lrish Times business is focussing on the Open Book Alliance and the Google deadline dictums that are wholly arbitrary imho : Deadline looms in Google books row - The Irish Times - Tue, Sep 08, 2009
again the PRIVACY issue is being Tweeted before the Oct 7th hearing : p2pnet news Blog Archive Authors protest ’sweeping’ Google book deal
Some more links for you:
Brussels tries to fight Google book plan by overhauling EU copyright law | Business | guardian.co.uk
EU to clear legal obstacles to online books - Business News, Business - The Independent
Bruselas y Google acercan posturas · ELPAÍS.com
La CE apoya digitalizar libros e insiste en respetar los derechos de autor | Navegante | elmundo.es
FT.com / UK - France to oppose Google book scheme
FT.com / Comment / Editorial - Google and books
Google facing European challenge to digital library - Times Online
EUobserver / Google online books scheme raises concerns in Europe
EurActiv.com - Google faces new EU battle over e-books | EU - European Information on Innovation & Growth
BBC NEWS | Technology | Google modifies Europe book plans
A poster of some consequence...
l know individual authors who have already taken legal advice and opted out of the deal. one being a serious poet whose novels were classified as 'juvenile' ffs.
Poetry Ireland has a download for lrish authors and publishers here : Poetry Ireland | Resources
Euractiv coverage on this : http://www.euractiv.com/en/innovatio...article-185200
In short the problems with the monolithic settlement include monolopy, censorship, data privacy and other concerns raised here
and in other publications with interest in privacy/data retention and intellectual property rights.
Last edited by Christine Murray; 15th September 2009 at 01:18 PM.
meanwhile in the US , antitrust and copyright issues are causing legal difficulties with one speaker stating that the GBS in its present form is usurping the library of congress. The Library of Congress, unlike Oxford Library is not taking part in the ludicrious digitisation scheme which leaves out pictorials and forewords. U.S. Says Google Settlement ?Raises Concerns,? Needs Changes - Bloomberg.com
This is outright censorship, intended at preventing US access to books that are "on sale on Europe but not in the US".
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