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Google Books and the High Bar for Approval: Why Opt-In May Sink the Deal

Peter Brantley | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Google Book Deal, Technology News, Google Books Deal, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Technology, Google Book Search, Google, Google Books, Books-News, Books News

The only way this book digitization effort makes business sense for Google is if it can amass control over a sizeable swath of rights and can monetize those rights at will in future business models.

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Google Books: A High Bar for Approval

Peter Brantley | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Technology News, Google Book Deal, Google Books Deal, Technology, Google Book Search, Google Books, Google, Books News

Those of us who have been following this case closely are left scratching our heads by the actions taken by Google and its partners since the Department of Justice's intervention.

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Google Books: Right Goal, Wrong Solution

Peter Brantley | Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Book Deal, Google Books Deal, Google Book Search, Google, Google Books, Technology News

Google suggests that the worthiness of its pursuit justifies a prompt settlement in the Book Search case. But in fact, it is the very enormity of the issue that demands it be deliberated publicly, not haggled over privately.

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Google Book Settlement 1.0 Is History

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Google, Licensing, Books, Google Book Search, Media News

The parties are now going back to the drawing board to negotiate an amended settlement agreement. However, the GBS deal can't be fixed by tweaking a few details.

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Google's Book Battle Rages On, Proposed Deal Makes "Mockery" Of Copyright Law

AP | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Google, Copyright, Eric Schmidt, Google Books Deal, Copyright Law, Marybeth Peters, Google Book Search, Us-Copyright-Office, Google Books, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. th...

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Google Book Deal: Top US Copyright Cop Opposes

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

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SAN FRANCISCO — The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. ...

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Competition That Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Its Competitors

David Balto | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Book Scanning, Google Books Project, Google, Orphan Books, Copyright, Google Book Search, Media News

There are two fundamental questions at issue in this battle. First, will consumers significantly benefit? And, secondly, will the project in any way hurt the ability of others to compete in the market?

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Books in Limbo

James Shapiro | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Wikipedia, Academic Books, Google, Academic Research, Academia, Google Book Search, Google Book Settlement, Media News

What effect will the proposed Google Book Settlement (or its derailment) have on students and scholarship?

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Why is the Antitrust Division Investigating the Google Book Search Settlement?

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Orphan Works, Copyright, Google Book Search, Media, Monopoly, Media News

Antitrust analysis generally starts with a definition of the affected market. The market for digital books is currently rather small, but it is growing.

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The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

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Sorry, Kindle. The Google Book Search settlement will be, if approved, the most significant book industry development in the modern era.

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Google Wants All World's Books and Will Pay All the Authors

Andy Plesser | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Beet.TV, Andy Plesser, Google Book Search, Media News

Google's Book Search project has already scanned and indexed 7 million volumes. Pending approval from a Federal court, the project is due to expand globally.

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Google Book Search Opens Trove Of Rare Books

New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 02.05.2009 | Media

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Ben Zimmer, executive producer of a Web site and software package called the Visual Thesaurus, was seeking the earliest use o...

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