Google Book Search Settlement: A Set of Links
-- Library Journal, 4/28/2009
This wide-ranging set of links, articles, and resources concerns the controversial Google Book Search settlement, notably how the Google Book Search program will deliver book scans to libraries.For another portal, see the Google Book Settlement site, from the American Library Association's Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP). Also see documents, including legal papers, from the Authors Guild.
August 2009
More Pushback Against the Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, August 11, 2009
Library Organizations Urge DoJ To Take Proactive Role in Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, August 6, 2009
July 2009
At NYPL, No “Smackdown” This Time As Panel Pushes For Google Book Search Settlement, Publlishers Weekly, July 29, 2009
Organizations Urge Google To Ensure Privacy Protection in Book Search, Library Journal, July 28, 2009
Michigan Deal A New Twist on Access to Scanned Book Content, Library Journal, July 23, 2009
Fissures Evident in Panel on Google Settlement, Library Journal, July 23, 2009
June 2009
After Michigan Amendments to Google Deal, Library Groups Issue Updated “Guide for the Perplexed”, Library Journal, June 17, 2009
A Guide for the Perplexed Part II: The Amended Google-Michigan Agreement, Jonathan Band for ALA/ARL/ACRL, June 17, 2009
Librarians Fighting Google's Book Deal, TIME, June 17, 2009
May 2009
University of Michigan, Library Partners Can Challenge Google Book Search Pricing in Amended Agreement, Library Journal, May 20, 2009
Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries Input on Price, New York Times, May 20, 2009
The University of Michigan and Google Amended Digitization Agreement, May 20, 2009
A Book Grab by Google, Brewster Kahle, Washington Post, May 19, 2009
Scholars Are Wary of Deal on Google's Book Search, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15, 2009
GBS Blogging: The Public Index, James Grimmelmann, The Laboratorium, May 5, 2009
Warning of Abuse of Monopoly, Library Groups Ask Court To Closely Monitor Google Settlement, Library Journal, May 4, 2009
ALA/ARL Comments on the Proposed Google Book Search Settlement, May 4, 2009
Google's Dan Clancy (Interview), Library Journal, May 1, 2009
Public Knowledge and the Google Book Search Settlement, Public Knowledge blog, May 1, 2009
April 2009
The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: A Wired.com FAQ, April 30, 2009
The Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle Interviewed on Democracy Now (transcript), April 30, 2009
Judge's Delay and Antitrust Inquiry Raise Questions About Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, April 30, 2009
Updates on Google/AAP Settlement, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, April 30, 2009
Google Book Search settlement will expand access, Google Public Policy Blog, April 29, 2009
Delay Looming For Google Settlement Deadline? Publishers Weekly, April 27, 2009
GBS Blogging: Two Procedural Updates, The Laboratorium, Prof. James Grimmelman, New York Law School, April 27. 2009
Extending notice on the Google Book Search settlement, Google Public Policy Blog, April 27, 2009
Judge Rejects Internet Archive Motion to Intervene in Google Settlement, Library Journal (via PW), April 24, 2009
Internet Archive Seeks Orphan Works Protection in Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, April 23, 2009
Debate at the Library of Congress sponsored by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), April 22, 2009 (via ALA Washington Office)
Europeans Seem to Know Little About Google Settlement, But Enough Not to Like It, Publishers Weekly, April 22, 2009
Google Book Settlement, orphan works, and foreign works, Library Law Blog, April 21, 2009
Internet Archive files Intervention Request, OCA Blog, April 17, 2009
Legally Speaking: The Dead Souls of the Google Booksearch Settlement, Prof. Pamela Samuelson, Communications of the ACM, April 16, 2009
The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly? Randall Picker, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 462, April 16, 2009
Everyone a user account, Peter Brantley, April 15, 2009
University of California, Berkeley, Professor Pamela Samuelson, OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science, at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, April 14, 2009 (Also see Samuelson PowerPoint)
The Google Book Settlement and the Public Domain, April 9, 2009
Academics, Citing Public Interest, Plan To Intervene in Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, April 6, 2009
Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged, New York Times, April 5, 2009
Who’s Unhappy with Google Book Search Settlement? Some Authors, Many Photographers, Library Journal, April 3, 2009
Google Librarian Central Newsletter; the latest issue is April 2009
How to Fix the Google Book Search Settlement, by James Grimmelmann. Journal of Internet Law. April 2009
The Google Book Search Settlement: Ends, Means, and the Future of Books, American Constitution Society, by James Grimmelmann
March 2009
Economics of Book Digitization, OCA Blog, March 22, 2009
Register of Copyrights Not Asked by Congress To Weigh in on Google Book Search? Library Journal, March 20, 2009
Sony Reaches Deal to Share In Google's E-Book Library, New York Times, March 19, 2009
At Columbia Conference, Harvard’s Darnton Asks: Is Google the Elsevier of the Future?, Library Journal, March 18, 2009
Orphan Works Legislation and the Google Settlement, Paul Courant, Au Courant, March 15, 2009
The Orphan Monopoly, Peter Brantley, March 15, 2009
Google Books Settlement at Columbia: Part 2, Library Law Blog, March 15, 2009
Google Books Settlement at Columbia: Part 1, Library Law Blog, March 15, 2009
Google and the Zombie Army of Orphans, Prof. James Grimmelman, New York Law School, March 14, 2009
NYU’s Mandel: Google Book Search Incremental, Transformative, Worrisome, Library Journal, March 18, 2009
Drummond Talks Google Settlement at AAP Meeting, Publishers Weekly, March 10, 2009
A Google Search of a Distinctly Retro Kind (about notice), New York Times, March 3, 2009
Perspective: The Google Books Search Settlement, Walt Crawford, Cites & Insights, March 2009
February 2009
Talking About Google Settlement, Publisher Cites Monopoly, Duopoly, and New Library Sales, Library Journal, February 27, 2009
Library Organizations To File Amicus Brief in Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, February 26, 2009
It’s All About the Orphans, OCA Blog, February 23, 2009
Library Leaders Meet To Discuss Google Book Search Deal, Library Journal, February 17, 2009
AAP/Google, some answers, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, February 11, 2009
Some Perspectives on the Proposed Settlement of the Google Book Search Lawsuit, Alan Inouye, ALA OITP, February 6, 2009
Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones, New York Times, February 5, 2009
Beyond Competition: Preparing for a Google Book Search Monopoly, Frank Pasquale, Balkinization, February 4, 2009
Google, Robert Darnton, and the Digital Republic of Letters, Paul Courant, Au Courant, February 4, 2009
The Future is Now: Let Google Be Google, Dan Agin, Huffington Post, February 2, 2009
January 2009
At Panel on Google Book Settlement, Support, Criticism, Contentiousness, Library Journal, January 29, 2009
Google: What's in it for libraries? (speech at panel), from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, January 28, 2009
A fire on the plain, Peter Brantley, January 26, 2009
A start at a questions list, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, January 26, 2009
A Monopoly dressed in a Class-action Suit? OCA Blog, January 25, 2009
The ALA Google Panel, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, January 25, 2009
Can Darnton live the Enlightenment dream? Library Law Blog, January 25, 2009
Google Books and Social Responsibility, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, January 10, 2009
Google Hopes to Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books, New York Times, January 4, 2009
December 2008
Google's Gift of Books, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, December 30, 2008
BackTalk: Free (or Fee) to All? Richard K. Johnson, Library Journal, December 23, 2008
BackTalk: HathiTrust and the Google Deal, John Wilkin, Library Journal, December 23, 2008
Editorial: Google Deal or Rip-Off? Francine Fialkoff, Library Journal, December 15, 2008
Hurdles Await Google Settlement, Library Journal, December 15, 2008
A Raw Deal for Libraries, OCA Blog, December 6, 2008
Google and Fair Use, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, December 4, 2008
"A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement,” by Jonathan Band, JD, released by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), December 2008
November 2008
Is Google Deal a Setback for Rival Digitization Efforts?, Library Journal, November 25, 2008
More on Google/AAP, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, November 22, 2008
Google Giveth ... and Taketh Away, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, November 18, 2008
Grimmelman: Google Book Search Deal Should be Approved, Could Be Improved, Library Journal, November 13, 2008
One for All? As Google Deal Is Evaluated, Critics Question Single Library Terminal, Library Journal, November 11, 2008
Settle for Profit or Distribution, Peter Brantley, November 11, 2008
Principles and Recommendations for the Google Book Search Settlement, The Laboratorium, Prof. James Grimmelman, New York Law School, November 8, 2008
Class Action Monopoly, Peter Brantley, November 6, 2008
Let’s Not Settle for this Settlement, OCA Blog, November 5, 2008
More Musings from the Community on the Google Settlement, OCA Blog, November 5, 2008
Waking up to Books in Richmond, Peter Brantley, November 4, 2008
Publishers, Authors Prepare To Live Happily Ever After, Publishers Weekly, November 3, 2008
Google/AAP settlement, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, November. 3, 2008
Determining Copyright Status, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, November. 3, 2008
October 2008
An Ever Sliding Window of Access, Peter Brantley, October 31, 2008
Google Book Search Settlement: A Reader's Guide, Electronic Frontier Foundation, October 31, 2008
Harvard Slams Google Settlement; Others React with Caution, Library Journal, October 30, 2008
On the Google Book Search agreement, Lawrence Lessig, October 29, 2008
Google settlement: Changing Defaults, Susan Crawford, October 29, 2008
Press release from University of Michigan, Stanford University, and the University of California seeing promise in the settlement, October 28, 2008
Libraries Reserve Early Comment, But Some See Bright Side in Google Book Search Settlement, Library Journal, October 28, 2008
Google Settles Landmark Lawsuit Over Book Scanning, Library Journal, October 28, 2008
Google Settles Suit Over Book-Scanning, New York Times, October 28, 2008
The Google Settlement - From the Universal Library to the Universal Bookstore, Paul Courant, Au Courant, October 28, 2008
New chapter for Google Book Search, Google Public Policy Blog, October 28, 2008
“Less than perfect” is not always bad, Paul Courant, Au Courant, October 21, 2008
Google Allows Book Embedding, Library Journal, October 15, 2008
Settlement In Google Lawsuit Appears Near, Publishers Weekly, October 9, 2008
Google Books Access Matrix, from ALA
Google Book Search Settlement: A Reader's Guide, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation; October 2008, updated January 2009
Google Book Search Settlement Notice to Rights Holders, maintained by Rust Consulting, Inc., the Settlement Administrator
Authors, Publishers, and Google Reach Landmark Settlement, Google press release, October 28, 2008
Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, via Google
Some Pre-Settlement Coverage
June 2008
Book Search as a product, Peter Brantley, June 20, 2008
May 2008
Microsoft Exits the Mass Digitization Business, Paul Courant, Au Courant, May 31, 2008
April 2008
Did I say "theoretical"? Openness and Google Books digitization, John WIlkin's blog, April 25, 2008
February 2008
Open Access, Harvard, Google Books, and a New Long View, Peter Brantley, February 22, 2008
One Million Digitized Books, Paul Courant, Au Courant, February 2, 2008
January 2008
Book search will not work like web search, Peter Brantley, January 2, 2008
November 2007
Teaching School, Paul Courant, Au Courant, November 12, 2007
Paul Courant of Michigan Addresses Google Book Search Criticism, Siva Vaidhyanathan, The Googlization of Everything, November 5, 2007
On being in bed with Google, Paul Courant, Au Courant, November 4, 2007
October 2007
Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web, New York Times, October 22, 2007
September 2007
Boston Library Consortium Partners with Open Content Alliance to Provide Public Access to Digitized Books (press release), September 27, 2007
August 2007
Scan This Book! (on the OCA), Library Journal August 15, 2007
June 2007
Monetizing libraries (on the CIC contract), Peter Brantley, June 13, 2007
May 2007
Quality of Google Book Search Is Questioned, Library Journal, May 8, 2007
October 2006
Google Book Search is NOT a Library Backup, from Coyle's InFormation, by librarian Karen Coyle, October 24. 2006
November 2005
Google's Scan Plan Debated at NYPL, as New "Book Search" Name Emerges, Library Journal, November 21, 2005
Publishers, Google Battle over Books, Publishers Weekly, November 18, 2005
October 2005
A Fight for Control: Publishers see Google lawsuit as crucial to long-term survival, Publishers Weekly, October 24, 2005
