01 November 2005
27 October 2005
NCL NEWS: Consumer Group Raises Copyright, Censorship Concerns about Google Print Library, Calls for Public Hearings
by digitalmonkey
"In a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary subcommittees overseeing intellectual property issues, [NCL] raised concerns about a forthcoming ambitious effort to catalogue the entire collections of four major American libraries".
An open-source rival to Google's book project | Tech News on ZDNet
by digitalmonkey
"We want to digitize all human knowledge...and we can't risk having it privatized [...]".
Print lawsuit just routine, says Google's Schmidt | InfoWorld | News | 2005-10-26 | By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
by digitalmonkey
"A lawsuit filed against Google [...] was painted as "a routine part of doing business" (sic) by Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, during a speech in Tokyo on Tuesday".
26 October 2005
23 October 2005
"Google Library: Beyond Fair Use?" by Elisabeth Hanratty, Duke Law & Technology Review, 2005, No. 10.
by digitalmonkey
"Taken by itself, Google's for-profit nature should be enough of a commercial tie to disqualify the Google library from the exemption".
The University Press Assn.'s Objections
by digitalmonkey
"In the following letter, the Association of American University Presses' Peter Givler takes issue with Google's Print for Libraries program".
21 October 2005
Publishers Sue Google Over Scanning Plans
by digitalmonkey
"Google has countered that it does not need permission for the library project and calls the "opt out" "clause a courtesy"(sic)" -- more arrogance, more condescension - the Google's headlong flight strategy goes one
20 October 2005
John Battelle's Searchblog: The AAP/Google Lawsuit: Much More At Stake | Comment posted by: Damian at October 20, 2005 04:21 PM
by digitalmonkey
"Then, to justify these claims, Google cloaks itself in the cloth of "public good" - this just an absurb argument to be made from a public company that will own all those scans".
AM - Publishers sue search engine Google
by digitalmonkey
"And we're a little tired of billionaires telling us, oh this will be really good for you".
Official Google Blog: Why we believe in Google Print
by digitalmonkey
Wow, a superb Google fallacy, trying to make an analogy with the Betamax case.
Official Google Blog: The point of Google Print
by digitalmonkey
The point is Google Inc. really think that they have rights over everything, without any respect to people's *consent*. Google only shows off.
19 October 2005
Association of American Publishers - Publishers Sue Google Over Plans To Digitize Books
by digitalmonkey
“While authors and publishers know how useful Google's search engine can be [...], the bottom line is that under its current plan Google is seeking to make millions of dollars by freeloading on the talent and property of authors and publishers."
28 September 2005
Google Library: Peril For Publishers?
by digitalmonkey
"[...] the Library Project seems like a way for Google to profit off books without buying them". -- indeed
22 September 2005
Scrivener's Error - Speaking of Common Enemies…
by digitalmonkey
"Not only is Google wrong in adopting an opt-out model when the Copyright Act explicitly requires opt-in (cf. 17 U.S.C. § 204(a)), it is wrong in assuming that the publisher has the authority to grant permission in the first place".
21 September 2005
The Patry Copyright Blog: Scanning Documents
by digitalmonkey
"Absent permission, I see no way for it to be considered fair use or covered by Section 108".
SIVACRACY.NET: Google Avoids Copyright Meltdown
by digitalmonkey
"In fact, when I have asked people at Google to explain which exceptions to copyright the company claims would cover such a plan, I have failed to receive anything close to a coherent analysis or argument".
Conglomerate Blog: Google Sued; Books Disappearing
by digitalmonkey
"Google has offered to permit publishers of copyrighted works to "opt out" of the progam if they object". -- this sentence is surrealistic
Authors Guild sues Google over library project | CNET News.com
by digitalmonkey
"Google did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the lawsuit. (Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story.)"
Official Google Blog: Google Print and the Authors Guild (or Google Fallacies)
by digitalmonkey
They even hired a lawyer in their marketing team to *disguise* a massive copyright infringement into a fair use. Google Inc. MUST ask permission before scanning copyrighted books - that's called *opt-in* ! We do not need Google, we need Open Access. CQFD
