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By krisnelson on Feb 19, 2010 in business / copyright / intellectual property / law / library / technology
Norman Oder updates us on the arguments at the Google Books settlement hearing. I found the several following points made by speakers at the hearing particulary interesting.
Posted in business, copyright, intellectual property, law, library, technology | Tagged copyright, Google, Google Books, law, privacy |
By krisnelson on Feb 18, 2010 in business / copyright / intellectual property / law / technology
At the Google Books fairness hearing, who supports and who opposes the settlement?
Posted in business, copyright, intellectual property, law, technology | Tagged Google, Google Books, intellectual property, law, scanning, technology |
By krisnelson on Jan 9, 2010 in business / copyright / education / history / intellectual property / law / research / technology
Dan Cohen gave an interesting talk at the American Historical Association meeting recently, where he discussed the benefits Google brings to historical research, as well as some pointed criticisms.
Posted in business, copyright, education, history, intellectual property, law, research, technology | Tagged copyright, education, Google, Google Books, Google Scholar, history, intellectual property, law, Public domain, research, technology |
By krisnelson on Aug 27, 2009 in business / copyright / library / literary / open access / technology
For anyone using any kind of electronic reader — including a regular computer — this addition to Google Books may well prove quite useful: EPUB as a download format.
Posted in business, copyright, library, literary, open access, technology | Tagged blog, free, Google, Google Books, innovation, Public domain |
By krisnelson on Aug 19, 2009 in business / constitution / government / law / privacy / search and seizure / technology
Should accessing content via the Google Books service provide the same protections as one would receive when relying on a bookstore? The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU say, “Yes.”
Posted in business, constitution, government, law, privacy, search and seizure, technology | Tagged Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google, Google Books, government, law, library, privacy, technology |
By krisnelson on Jul 21, 2009 in business / constitution / copyright / history / intellectual property / law / recommendations / technology
From thepublicdomain.org comes this interesting and revealing series of excerpts from the legislative history of the 1909 Copyright Act.
Posted in business, constitution, copyright, history, intellectual property, law, recommendations, technology | Tagged business, constitution, copyright, Google, Google Books, history, intellectual property, New York, Public domain |
By krisnelson on Jun 26, 2009 in copyright / intellectual property / law / technology
The Register and Slashdot have picked up a theme from a 2006 law review article by Jason Mazzone on “copyfraud,” extending the idea to explain a new incarnation of it emerging in relation to Google Books.
Posted in copyright, intellectual property, law, technology | Tagged copyfraud, copyright, fraud, Google Books, intellectual property, Jason Mazzone, law, Public domain, theft |
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