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- Merkel slams Google Books scanning
- Affecting more than copyrightsApparently, the service has power above and beyond "flout[ing] German laws" and can even change the names of world leaders...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Google Books hearing officially delayed
- Google Books hearingI hope they iron out something that is beneficial to us all. Personally I think that the fifty year rule should be altered to read something along the lines of:"Copyright if the book is available in print,, otherwise it goes into the public domain if there have been...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- House Judiciary considers Google Books deal Thursday
- House Judiciary considers Google Books deal ?That's no "deal", that's an attempt to legalize theft, monopolize and otherwise gain singularity in a market they are themselves creating for their own profit today and for the future. It's an attempt to create a legal, gvt-critter backed, monopoly for Google. No...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Microsoft: Google Books is illegal 'joint venture,' not settlement
- M$ is enviousThey could not embrace and extend, so it sound like sour grapes.oh the tragedy..... Sounds like a win-win for everyone. I am quite suprised they came up with a deal that didnt transfer money.I wonder if they pulled the old.. virutal library card. The one that...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Open Books Alliance: Google Books is nothing less than price-fixing and collusion
- Open Books Alliance: Google Books is nothing less than price-fixing and colHow many FREE books is Amazon offering?How is Google books price fixing, but Amazon isn't??Like the previous post, how many free books is Amazon giving away??
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech
- Better that it is entirely unavailablethan to make it available to anyone who cares to search for it. I have seen nowhere that the Google project will prevent any other source from digitizing books, or from keeping them in print. This is quite possibly THE stupidest argument I have heard...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Call for court to impose privacy regime on Google Books
- We DON'T need to get out of print books onlineWhile the concerns you have are theoretical, Google books has had REAL and beneficial effect.In Tokyo, where the largest program in Japan to teach Japanese children English doesn't have a clue about how to prepare children for Jr. High where they...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- A spirited defense of the Google Book Search settlement
- Another thing, Google has NO exclusive rights with the book publishers hereAnybody else can scan books and strike a deal with the copyright holders. Actually, it is in the interest of the copyright holders to make sure that Google is not the only one offering the books, and there is...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Librarians apply scrutiny to Google Books at Berkeley con
- In libraries and information, concentration is bad on its faceLord Acton said that power tends to corrupt. Surely, becoming the predominant (or "only", as I have also heard) aggregator and provider of access to information-as Google seems to be attempting-is a level of power that would make Acton turn...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Google Books sued by a pig, cat and dog
- LosersThis just underlines how pathetic these lawsuit-hungry companies are in hoping to cash in on what Google has created. They couldn't come up with a business model to monetize these works so they sue someone who has figured it out.Anti-capitalism at its best.4 legs good; 2 legs betterRight, Amazon?Bunch of...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- MSFT, YHOO, AMZN join fight against Google Books
- Who are they kidding...?Why is it that projects that seem to have some benefits for people on the whole are so quickly trashed by some silly claims of competitiveness and personal privacy?Of course this is payback......by Microsoft. Let's see how Google likes dealing with stupid antitrust regs. :)The only monopoly...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Lawyer files a full-throated attack on Google Books deal
- just a M$ agentthrowing a wrench in Google's wheels.But all this 'copyright holders' owning useless content will be exposed and the public will enjoy Google books on the cheap.RE: Lawyer files a full-throated attack on Google Books dealIsn't Google Books basically a public library? I don't see what the problem...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Google Books privacy debate: Whose side are you on?
- Privacy is currencyI generally understand what it is you are saying, even if it makes too much use of the "If you have nothing to hide..." argument which I doubt needs to be discussed here. However, I think some of your points are missing the bigger picture. For instance, you...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Groups demand privacy for Google Books
- Groups demand privacy for Google BooksThis is a serious concern considering ...... that the Bush Administration used The Patriot Act as an excuse to make warrantless wiretaps and the Telcos were not held accountable for allowing them to do so. The FEDs have been trying to the the ALA...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- DOJ confirms Google Books investigation
- DOJ confirms Google Books investigationCan't Beat 'Em?Report them to the Department of Justice!Why should Google have exclusive rights?Exclusive rights to publish the books online, and to profit from them?If they're ophaned, then everyone who wants to do the same should be allowed to do the same thing as Google.Why not...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- Justice inquiries into Google Book Deal show it's all but dead
- Justice inquiries into Google Book Deal show it's all but deadGoogle Book Deal all but dead?Well, I'll be danged; you don't suppose common sense and reality really exist in this case do you? I'll play Missourian and believe it when I see it, but the news is encouraging...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Europeans vote to give Google Book deal a hard time
- Europeans vote to give Google Book deal a hard timeThere are several issues here.Every country seems to have its own laws though maybe the EU is going EU wide.No deals that are US only or some other counrty only are any of the EUs business. If this service doesn't exist...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Google Books powered by patented scanning technology
- Google Books powered by patented scanning technologyPossibly not unique, eitherI find it odd that the Google "technology" is getting treated as if it were totally unique.Xerox has been using software and hardware to basically do the same things - scan books, recognize the text curvatures and deskew the result, performing...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-04
- Google, Books and the Nature of Evil
- Google, Books and the Nature of Eviljust that simpleYou are wrong. Current copyright laws are wrong.Its just that simple.Join the LudditesJoin the Luddites with Rob Enderle et al. I never saw forward thinking coming from his direction.Google is doing the right thing and it upsets many people, mostly in...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- Antitrust investigation into Google book deal?
- Antitrust investigation into Google book deal?once again, not enough information... nt.RE: Antitrust investigation into Google book deal?Scanning of copyrighted material for the purposes of use without consent is, of course, wrong. Public domain material for the purpose of displaying to the public would best be done under the auspices of...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
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