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Revised Google Books Settlement Gets Extension Til Friday...Monday. "I write to advise the court that [the Guild] expect to file their motion seeking preliminary approval of the amended settlement by no later than Friday, November 13, 2009," attorney Michael Boni wrote to Judge Denny Chin. The judge... In this article: Google Books, Denny Chin, Google, The Author's Guild, Department of Justice, and New York |
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Wired: Culture | November 09, 2009
Google Gets Till Friday for Digital Library Settlement
A federal court judge granted the extension for the Google Books settlement Monday after the parties told the court a new settlement was being worked out in consultation with Justice Department attorneys, who were briefed on Friday. The...
In this article: Google, Justice Department, Yahoo, Wired.com, Microsoft, Philip K. Dick, and University of Michigan
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All things digital – all feeds - ATD | 4 days ago
Google Books Settlement Proceedings to Drag on Until Mid-February [Digital Daily]
...2009 at 6:53 AM PT The latest revision of the Google Books settlement has been granted preliminary approval by a New York district judge, though it will be some time before that approval is finalized - if it is finalized. Judge Denny Chin of...
In this article: Google, Denny Chin, New York, Filed, San Jose Mercury News, and U.S. Department of Justice
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Centre Daily Times | August 10, 2009
Judge in Google Book Case to Accept the Media Exchange's Proposal
Judge in Google Book Case to Accept the Media Exchange's Proposal SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Denny Chin, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, has granted the Media Exchange Company Inc.'s application to file...
In this article: Denny Chin, Google Book, Google search, and Google Inc.
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The Register | September 24, 2009
US judge postpones Googlebooks hearing
...involved. Last October, Google settled a lawsuit from the US Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over its Google Book Search project, which seeks to digitize texts inside various research libraries. At the time, the...
In this article: Google, Plaintiff, Denny Chin, DoJ, Association of American Publishers, US, Revenue, and Internet Archive
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eWEEK Technology News | September 19, 2009
DOJ Asks Court to Reject Google Book Search, Pending Changes
...copyright, and antitrust law and said it should not be approved without changes. New York District Court Judge Denny Chin gave the DOJ a Sept. 18 deadline to voice its opinion on Google Book Search, a deal that would let Google scan...
In this article: DOJ, Google, Amazon, Denny Chin, All rights reserved, Trademark, and Computer & Communications Industry Association
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Library Journal News | October 26, 2009
Judge Urged To Not Restrict Comments on Google Settlement
...express concern A broad group of objectors, friends of the court, and commentators on the Google Books settlement have asked U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to not limit comments on a revised settlement and to give more time for...
In this article: Google, Plaintiff, Defendant, Google Books, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Guild, and Association of American Publishers
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Library Journal News | October 07, 2009
Revised Google Agreement Due in Court November 9
...concerned about transparency Conference features Michigan library dean at keynote An amended agreement in the Google Book Search settlement will be filed with a federal court in New York by November 9, lawyers representing the...
In this article: Google, New York Law School, Department of Justice, Publishers Weekly, Paul Courant, Authors Guild, and University of Michigan
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San Jose Mercury News | September 08, 2009
Biz Break: Beatles on iTunes? 'We'd like to,' Paul McCartney says
...Yahoo in filing objections to a settlement Mountain View Internet advertising juggernaut Google has reached with publishers over its Google Books scanning project, Bloomberg News is reporting. Today is the deadline for objections to be filed...
In this article: Itunes, Beatles, Apple, Microsoft, Paul McCartney, The Beatles: Rock Band, Intel, Barack Obama, and Google Books
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eWEEK Technology News | September 23, 2009
Authors, Publishers Ask Judge to Postpone Google Book Search Hearing
...Google Book Search Hearing The Author's Guild and Association of American Publishers in the Google Book Search settlement asked the District Court Judge Denny Chin to postpone his fairness hearing on the deal so they can work with Google...
In this article: Google, Plaintiff, DOJ, Authors Guild, Association of American Publishers, and Denny Chin
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Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, converts to text using optical character recognition, and stores in its digital database. The service was formerly known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. When relevant to a user's keyword search, up to three results from the Google Book Search index are displayed above search results in the Google Web Search service (google.com). A user may also search just for books at the dedicated Google Book Search service. Clicking a result from Google Book Search opens an interface in which the user may view pages from the book as well as content-related advertisements and links to the publisher's website and booksellers. Through a variety of access limitations and security measures, some based on user-tracking, Google limits the number of viewable pages and attempts to prevent page printing and text copying of material under copyright.
The Google Book Search service in a beta stage but the underlying database continues to grow. Google Book Search allows public-domain works and other out-of-copyright material to be downloaded in PDF format. For users outside the United States, though, Google must be sure that the work in question is indeed out of copyright under local laws. According to a member of the Google Book Search Support Team, "Since whether a book is in the public domain can often be a tricky legal question, we err on the side of caution and display at most a few snippets until we have determined that the book has entered the public domain."
Many of the books are scanned using the Elphel 323 camera at a rate of 1,000 pages per hour.
The initiative has been hailed for its potential to offer unprecedented access to what may become the largest online corpus of human knowledge, as well as criticized for potential copyright violations.
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- Google Book Search
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- Online Library Book Search
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