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Google Expresses Concern about US Telecom Legislation
by teleclick
Several members of the American Energy and Commerce Committee are attempting to force a draft legislation that would make it easier for telephone companies to move in to the internet video industry.
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".
"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".
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".
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".
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