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Boston Globe, July 24, 2009 
Now that the settlement is dead, the Justice Department should ask Google to stop all scanning of in-copyright works, and place all previously-scanned, in-copyright works that were scanned without express permission of the rights holder, in a dark archive. Google can use them when opt-in permission of the rights-holder is obtained, or when Congress or the Supreme Court resolves copyright infringement issues. 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 |
2013-03-25: New documentary film about Google's book scanning
2012-10-09: Authors upset over Google's secret deal with publishers
2012-05-31: Authors Guild given class-action status to sue Google (PDF, 126 K)
2011-09-12: Authors Guild sues Google's universities
2011-03-22: Judge Chin rejects the settlement (PDF, 175 K)
Cynthia S. Arato: Settlement violates international treaties (PDF, 137 K)
Graphic artists sue Google
U.S. Justice Dept: Settlement 2.0 still sucks (PDF, 268 K)
Open Book Alliance files new objection (PDF, 91 K)
Amazon.com files new objection (PDF, 422 K)
Consumer Watchdog files new objection (PDF, 47 K)
Indian authors and publishers file an objection
An antitrust complaint against Google in Germany
New York Times op-ed: On Google's "computational arrogance"
Google apologizes to Chinese writers
Three writers groups send an open letter to Congress
Gillian Spraggs: A survival aid for UK authors (PDF, 200 K)
Canadian writers start an anti-Google petition
New York Times op-ed: Google is out of control
Google is sued by Chinese author Mian Mian
Ursula K. Le Guin resigns from the Authors Guild
National Writers Union: Settlement 2.0 FAQ (PDF, 149 K)
Google loses French copyright case
Amazon.com files another objection (PDF, 79 K)
November 13: Proposed amended settlement filed (PDF, 920 K)
Still nothing about reader privacy — will the FTC file an objection this time?
Chinese writers: Google violates copyrights
Pamela Samuelson: Google Books is not a library
Angela Merkel: Google violates copyright laws
Google may show ads on library terminals
Google Scholar metadata is full of errors
Google on trial in France for book scanning
U.S. Justice Dept: Settlement should be rejected by the Court (PDF, 247 K)
Consumer Watchdog writes to the Justice Dept (PDF, 92 K)
Five state attorneys general file objections
Copyright Office: Settlement would let Google break the law (PDF, 64 K)
Google: We have lots of book-settlement fanboys (so there!)
House Judiciary Committee hearing on September 10 (PDF, 288 K)
Microsoft: "The Court lacks jurisdiction" (PDF, 168 K)
Consumer Watchdog files an objection (PDF, 138 K)
French government files an objection (PDF, 292 K)
Open Book Alliance files an objection (PDF, 242 K)
"29 months of secret negotiations" by a "cartel" bent on "monopoly"
EFF: Privacy objection by authors and publishers (PDF, 258 K)
DC Comics files an objection (PDF, 67 K)
Yahoo!: Google gets an unfair search advantage (PDF, 90 K)
EPIC: Motion to intervene on behalf of user privacy (PDF, 202 K)
IILP at New York Law School files an objection (PDF, 269 K)
Amazon.com files an objection (PDF, 595 K)
German government files an objection
Google's book metadata is full of errors
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
European opposition mounts against Google
The settlement and Eurpoean authors
Objection by Scott E. Gant (PDF, 399 K)
Brewster Kahle: A book grab by Google
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
American Library Association takes a look
ACLU: Don't close the book on reader privacy
EPIC: Google books settlement and privacy
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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