Re: google books

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Mike Anderson <k8iw () hotmail com>
Date: May 22, 2009 12:29:07 PM EDT
To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] Digest 1.2065 for ip

Dave,

For IP if you like...

James said...

Where the settlement gets problematic -- and here, we're probably in
agreement -- is when it gets to the "orphan" works, whose copyright
owners can't be found.  Since they can't be found, a fortiori, they
can't object.  Google would get a license to sell their books online,
and that license would indeed be effectively exclusive.  This aspect
of the settlement would turn Google into a publisher without
competition, without needing to get permission from anyone.  That's
dangerous for competition, dangerous for authors and publishers,
dangerous for libraries, and especially dangerous for readers' privacy
and intellectual freedom.  The DoJ has started to pay attention to
these issues, and Google has started to take steps (such as its recent
agreement with Michigan) to address some of them.

>>>

I submit the vast majority of the books we are talking about would,
without Google's digitization project, never, ever see the light of day.
This is because they are very obscure, have very limited audiences, etc.
This vast pool of knowledge has been otherwise locked away and the key
thrown away. Google deserves our respect and thanks for offering an  
indexing
window into these otherwise largely forgotten books.

Mike Anderson


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