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THE GREAT GOOGLE BOOK GRAB

HOW TO WORK WITH GOOGLE


This is the home page of a new site at www.book-grab.com:




Gallery

Question:  "Google, why are you copying all the copyrighted books
at major libraries?" Google: "Because that's where the books are!"

New website: Open Book Alliance

Open Book Alliance to oppose settlement

Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google

European opposition mounts against Google

Libraries push for settlement changes

The settlement and Eurpoean authors

Objection by Scott E. Gant (PDF, 399 K)

Opting out is the safest choice (PDF, 152 K)
(opt-out deadline is September 4)

Boston Globe, July 24, 2009   
 Dan Clancy
So what if we're evil: "We're going full steam
ahead, no matter what happens with the settle-
ment." —Dan Clancy, Google Books executive

ASJA says:  "Stop the Google-ization of copyright law"

UC faculty writes to the Court: The settlement is unfair (PDF, 177 K)

Google muzzled us:  "[C]onfidentiality rules...prevented us
from having an opportunity to comment on...the agreement."

Pamela Samuelson: The audacity of the settlement

National Writers Union opposes settlement (PDF, 28 K)

Science fiction writers group (SFWA) opposes settlement

William Morris advises clients to say no to Google settlement

Letters to the Court

American Library Association takes a look

AAP official: Opponents of settlement are rabble-rousers

ACLU: Don't close the book on reader privacy

EPIC: Google books settlement and privacy

Copyright attorney: "Is Google too big to infringe?"

Brewster Kahle: A book grab by Google

Google-eyed U.Michigan gives away its library

Authors-publishers settlement with Google (PDF, 1.9 megs)



( But if your name is "Google" you may copy entire libraries. )



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