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Future Of Google Digital Library Remains Uncertain

philly.com | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Google, Book Publishing, Monopolies, Orphan Books, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Google Books, Google Digital Library, Books News

It was a glittering dream: A vast worldwide digital library, tens of millions of books all in one easily accessible place . . . named Google....

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New York Review: 6 Reasons Google Books Failed

The New York Review of Books | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Google, Association of American Publishers, Digital Public Library of America, New York Review, Google Books Failure, Authors Guild, Google Books, Books News

Judge Denny Chin’s opinion in rejecting the settlement between Google and the authors and publishers who sued it for infringement of their copyright...

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Google Books Case May Go To Congress

nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Congress, Digital Bookstore, Scott Turow, Google Books Case, Bookstore, Google Books, Ebooks, Authors Guild, Books News

SAN FRANCISCO — Now that a judge has curtailed Google’s ambitions to create a giant digital bookstore and library, the company is left with few ap...

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Can eMails Be Binding In Publishing Deals?

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Publishing, Email's Binding Power, Publishing Deals Email, Emails, Emails Binding Publishing, Authors Guild, Publishing Deals, Books News

In February the New York Times ran a story warning real estate brokers and property owners to pay close attention to the e-mails they send, after a ru...

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Authors' Guild Argues In Favor Of Censorship?

volokh.com | David Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, James Shapiro, Book Publishing, Authors Guild, Would the Bard Have Survived the Web, Authors' Guild, Scott Turow, Books News

Over at the New York Times, yesterday, Scott Turow and James Shapiro, both of the Authors' Guild, penned a short piece in defense of stronger copyrigh...

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Authors Criticize Wylie Agency For Making Exclusive Deals With Amazon

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Wylie, Amazon eBooks, eBook Rights, Authors, Wylie Agency, Books, Ebooks, Amazon, Wylie's Agency, Authors Guild, Wylie, Books News

NEW YORK — A literary agency's decision to publish e-editions of "Lolita," "Invisible Man" and other classics and sell them exclusively through ...

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Google Books May Change Copyright Law And Privacy

San Jose Mercury News | Mike Swift | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Advocates, Google, Ereaders, Copyright, Microsoft, Class Action, Monopoly, Orphan Books, Digital Library, Digital Books, Author's Guild, Privacy, Yahoo, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

SAN JOSE -- Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstor...

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Google Staunchly Defends Digital Books Agreement

Reuters | Diane Bartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copyright, Google Books, Authors, Google Books Settlement, Department of Justice, Books, Digital Books, Google, Authors Guild, Books News

Google Inc argued in a staunch and sometimes eloquent brief that an agreement reached with the Authors Guild to digitize millions of books was legal a...

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Steinbeck And Guthrie Families Now Support Google Books

The New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Arlo Guthrie, Google Lawsuit, Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath, Author's Guild, Alice's Restaurant, Google Settlement, Google Books, Guthrie, Books News

The families of the author John Steinbeck and the musician Woody Guthrie, which previously opposed the proposed Google Book settlement that would crea...

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Google Books Settlement: Key Players Comment

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Open Books Alliance, Google Books Settlement, Copyright Law, Copyright, Google Books, Google Settlement, Orphan Books, Foreign-Language Books, Books, Antitrust, Amazon, Google, Authors Guild, Books News

It's been three years since the lawsuit was filed that launched the Google Books Settlement, a long series of back-and-forth negotiations about the co...

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