Orphan Works
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Revised Google Book Settlement Filed
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On Friday 13 November 2009,Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers released their Amended Settlement Agreement and a motion for preliminary approval of the amended settlement. The modified agreement, among many things, provides more flexibility offering discounts on electronic books ...15 hours ago -
European Commission Adopts Communication on Copyright
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The European Commission adopted a Communication on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy aiming to tackle the important cultural and legal challenges of mass-scale digitization and dissemination of books, in particular of European library collections. Digital libraries, such as Europeana , will provide researchers ...1 week ago -
Another View of the Google Book Settlement
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By now, reams have been written about the proposed Google Book Settlement . One of the most readable and lucid commentaries , especially on the subject of orphan works (works still in copyright whose copyright owner cannot be determined or located), was published in the New York Times Book Review on October 4. ...3 weeks ago -
Wont Somebody Please Think of the Orphans?
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This is droll: the European Commission is finally waking up to the copyright orphans problem - thanks to some healthy panic induced by Googles book digitisation plans [. pdf ]: Orphan works are works that are in copyright but whose right holders cannot be identified or located. Protected works can become orphaned ...3 weeks ago
