Comments on: Authors, Publishers Settle With Google Over $125 Million Lawsuit

By: » “Just Make Good Content” is Bullsh*t - John Andrews - johnon.com

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:55:30 +0000

[...] month Google settled with book publishers, and will be publishing scanned out-of-print books pretty soon. That original scam didn’t go [...]

By: Google knygos ir kitos naujienos : nežinau.lt

Google knygos ir kitos naujienos : nežinau.lt — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:47:38 +0000

[...] didžiausia praeitos savaitės Google naujiena – sutartis su JAV autorių gildija ir leidėjų asociacija dėl Google skenuojamų knygų teisių ir p…. Google susitarė, kad universitetuose jos skenuojami literatūros kūriniai bus prieinami tiek [...]

By: links for 2008-10-31 | Ed Tech Hacks

links for 2008-10-31 | Ed Tech Hacks — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:05:57 +0000

[...] Authors, Publishers Settle With Google Over $125 Million Lawsuit …a settlement agreement that would expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials in the U.S. from the collections of a number of major U.S. libraries participating in Google Book Search… (tags: google books copyright publishing) [...]

By: bubba

bubba — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:22:34 +0000

How exactly do they plan to extract commissions “for printouts at public libraries”??

Absurd.

By: babiboi

babiboi — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:09:51 +0000

sounds like a good deal

By: Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:33:10 +0000

Is there a better alternative? As an author of six books, I am delighted by what Google did. Publishers pay very little money to authors, except for the tiny percentage that have huge sales.

For anyone writing academic books, the pay-off is to your career from having your book read, not to your bank account from having your book bought. The audiences are simply too small.

By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:31:02 +0000

[...] U.S. from the collections of a number of major U.S. libraries participating in Google Book Search. (http://www.tech...google-over-125... [...]

By: Google Books & Lawsuit « Hebrew Scriptures and More . . . .

Google Books & Lawsuit « Hebrew Scriptures and More . . . . — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:25:20 +0000

[...] Robin Wauters, Authors, Publishers Settle with Google Over $125 Million Lawsuit, at Tech [...]

By: Ξ Rechtsstreit beigelegt, Google kann Buchsuche erweitern Ξ UPLOAD - Magazin für digitales Publizieren Ξ

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:33:39 +0000

[...] Verlage, Bücher zu verbreiten und zu verkaufen. Berichte dazu: Google Blog, Wired, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch. [...]

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:03:39 +0000

get a room

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 全米作家協会と全米出版社協会がグーグルと$125M超で和解

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 全米作家協会と全米出版社協会がグーグルと$125M超で和解 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:36:11 +0000

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By: ann banks

ann banks — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:32:20 +0000

The reason Google settled, presumably, is that they were concerned that the courts would find that they HAD broken the law by scanning in-copyright books without permission from rightsholders. The potential benefit to writers is not merely the $60 initial payment, but the opportunity to share in the revenues from future use of the work. The 60 bucks is only covers the scanning, not the millions and millions of potential viewers. And if you don’t want your book to be part of it, you can opt out entirely.

By: josh

josh — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:28:46 +0000

seems like a good deal to me

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:28:18 +0000

By the way, the most interesting part of that Roy Blount piece is the creation of the ASCAP for writers. I think that’s actually huge news. It makes some sense to have a central licensing body for written content in the digital age. If you want to profit from your content, lower the transaction costs.

By: Google Book Search’s Reverse Onus on Copyright a Genius Move | INDEX // mb

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:43:34 +0000

[...] has settled with the AAP. The news is all over. Both sides are claiming victory. Sergey Brin said, “While this agreement is a real win-win [...]

By: JoeCure

JoeCure — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:27:10 +0000

I don’t think Google broke any laws by scanning the books themselves. The issues will arise if/when they begin to distribute the content which is why they’re working on a settlement now.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:00:30 +0000

So if your copyrighted book was opened up to millions and millions of potential online viewers, you’ll get maybe $60? Wow, what a deal.

By: Mircea @ MyTestBox.com

Mircea @ MyTestBox.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:54:52 +0000

Yeah, everybody are sorry Google got sued. how come a company like that can be sued. They are doing “no evil” …

By: Drewryonline

Drewryonline — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:45:23 +0000

I am sorry to hear Google got sued..:-(

By: Google To Pay At-Least $45M In Copyright Suit. Its A Good Thing Though : tinyComb

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:44:53 +0000

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By: eLearning Service » Blog Archive » Deal to expand online access to copywrited materials

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:36:40 +0000

[...] from the collections of a number of major U.S. libraries participating in Google Book Search, notes TechCrunch. The settlement is still subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District [...]

By: Surender

Surender — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:32:54 +0000

This is nice settelment by Google.If someone want to run business he/she should make a agreement between partners.
No enjoy as a publisher.
http://www.iboozi.com

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:09:45 +0000

This it to preempt any self promotional comment by “Web 2.0 Chick”.

Please excuse me.

By: Where

Where — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:40:55 +0000

First break the law, then profit. Nice! This is an encouraging sign to everyone who wants to run a successful business.

By: videol

videol — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:37:17 +0000

We've always said that in a sense, Google Book Search is as old as Google itself Google Book Search !!