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Google And The New Digital Future

The New York Review of Books | Robert Darnton | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books

Read More: Open Books Alliance, Google, Digital Library, Libraries, Books, Monopolies, Google Books Settlement, New York Review of Books, Digitization, Google Books, Books Online, Orphan Books, Copyright Law, Digital Books, Books News

Robert Darnton The New York Review of Books November 9 is one of those strange dates haunted by history. On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell...

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Free eBooks For Kindle: How To Find Them

CNET | John P. Falcone | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Sony eReader, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Google Books, Barnes and Noble Nook, Books, Ebooks, Free eBooks, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Nook, Ereaders, Books News

[F]ear not, Kindle owners: you too have access to many of the ... public domain titles, numbering in the thousands. The problem is finding them. While...

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Google Books Settlement: Key Players Comment

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

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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New Google Book Settlement Aims Only to Placate Governments

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Settlements, Media News, Libraries, Google Books, Media News

What stands out after an initial review of the Google Book Search agreement is that changes were made to placate the governments of France, Germany, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Google Makes Concessions On Digital Book Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.14.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Books Agreement, Google Copyright, Google Books Deal, Google Books Copyright, Digital Books, Google Books, Google, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet search leader Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library...

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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 In Washington: Will Obama's Love Affair With Google Go Sour?

Fortune | Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Google FTC, President Obama, Google Books, Obama, Google Politics, Obama Google, Federal Trade Commission, Google White House, Ftc, Google DC, Technology News

But Google's ambitions rankle big competitors in the tech, media, and communications sectors, and privacy hawks are starting to fret about the company...

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China Authors: "Google Violated Our Copyrights"

Reuters | Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Chinese Authors Copyright Google, China Authors Google Books, Google Copyright, Google Books Copyright, China Authors Copyright, Google Books China, Chinese Authors Google, Google Books, Technology News

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A group representing authors in China has accused Google of violating copyrights with its digital library, a claim that Google de...

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Google Books' 'Finger Condoms': Scanning Flubs Cause 'Finger Spam'

Telegraph | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Finger Condoms, Google Finger Spam, Finger Condoms, Google Books, Google Books Finger Condom, Google Books Scanning, Google Book Finger Condoms, Google Books Finger Spam, Google, Technology News

Eagle-eyed bloggers have spotted rogue hands obscuring the pages of dozens of books made available over the internet by the search giant. The index...

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Frankfurt Book Fair: Deals, E-Books, China, Mandela

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Frankfurt, Publishing, Nelson Mandela, Google Books, Book Publishing, Google Editions, Books, Book Fair, China, Chinese Censorship, Frankfurt Book Fair, Cory Doctorow, Books News

The Frankfurt Book Fair has been going on this week, and it's brought news, controversy, and excitement galore with it. The choice of China for guest ...

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Google Editions: Google To Launch Online E-Book Store

AP | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Editions, Google, Google E-Book, What Is Google Editions, Google Online Book Download, Google Books, Google Online Books, Ereaders, Technology News

FRANKFURT -- Google Inc. is launching a new service for booksellers next year called Google Editions, which will let readers buy books and read them ...

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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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Feds Balk At Google Book Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital right...

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Google Books: On-Demand Paperbacks Printed From Digital Library

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Online Books, On Demand Books, Espresso-Book-Machine, Technology, Digital Books, Print-on-Demand-Books, Google Books, Google Print Book, Technology News

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. As part of a de...

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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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Corporate Boards, Conflict of Interest and Copyright

Alex Green | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Gore, Copyright, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google Books, Open Book Alliance, Justice Department, Craigslist, Ebay, Amazon, Google, Media News

Much about the world we know can be delegated to the barons of tech, but the governance of copyright cannot or we endanger our access to open information and the ownership of our own words.

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Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon To Challenge Google Book Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

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SAN FRANCISCO — The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting...

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The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

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

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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Justice Department Confirms Antitrust Investigation Of Google Books

New York Times | MIGUEL HELFT | Posted 08.03.2009 | Media

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Justice Department confirmed on Thursday that it is conducting an antitrust investigation into a settlement of a class action bet...

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Eebs: A History of Future Publishing

Giles Slade | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Steve Jobs, Swiss Army Knife, Whiskey, Stanza, Kindle, Jeff Bezos, Ipod, Digital-Ecosystem, Aap, Wall Street Journal, Sony, Apple, Google Books, Chocolate, Rupert Murdoch, Iphone, Ebooks, Technology, Lingerie, Itunes, Amazon, Google, Ereaders, Epublishing, Amazon Kindle, mp3, Media News

The Kindle is for the book-lover who might buy a first, a signed or a special edition. It is lingerie. It is a box of chocolates or a bottle of double-malt. Competition will drive it to adapt, and it will.

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Google Anti-Trust Investigation: Justice Department Opens Inquiry Into Google Books Deal

New York Times | MIGUEL HELFT | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into Google's settlement with authors and publishers over its Google Boo...

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