GOOGLE BOOKS AND THE JUDGE

September 21st, 2009

New Yorker – “Google’s decision to feed its library into the Espresso Book Machine (and to donate its own share of revenue to charity) is not simply a sign of its power; the Google Books project is facing a crunch point. In 2005, groups of publishers and rights holders filed suit, claiming that digitizing works and allowing partial access to them without permission violated copyright. Long negotiations have led to a proposed settlement, to be ruled on by Judge Denny Chin. Concerned parties are making their submissions to the court; the deadline is today.” (via)

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