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• The Dispossessed

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 719
  "I am not going to rehearse any arguments pro and anti the "Google settlement." You decided to deal with the devil, as it were, and have presented your arguments for doing so. I wish I could accept them. I cant. There are principles involved, above all the whole concept of copyright; and these you have seen fit to ...
  2 days ago

• Authors Need To Be Protected In The Digital Age

  
  Working From Home Blogging — Authority: 121
  Image via CrunchBase A French court has found internet search giant Google guilty of copyright infringement. La Martiniere, a French publisher, was awarded 300,000 Euros ($ 430,000) in damages and interest. Google was also ordered to pay the sum of 10,000 Euros ($ 14,000) each day until it withdraws the book ...
  3 days ago

• Google In Breach Of French Copyright Law

  
  Latino Internet Marketing .NET — Authority: 139
  Internet search giant Google has been found guilty of copyright infringement by a court in Paris. French publisher, La Martiniere, received the sum of 300,000 Euros ($ 430,000) in damages and interest. Google was also required to pay a fee of 10,000 Euros ($ 14,000) each day until it removes the book extracts from its ...
  3 days ago

• EFF’s e-book buyer’s guide to privacy

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  Found via BoingBoing : the Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted the first draft of an e-book buyer’s guide to privacy . The guide seems to be fairly minimalist, as it only covers Google Books, Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, the Sony Reader, and FBReader. There is no mention of other e-book ...
  4 days ago

• Web Analytics 2.0 Book: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 528
  Avinash Kaushik, Analytics Evangelist for Google, published Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity. It looks to be a fantastic read by one of the foremost web analytics practitioners and teachers, who’s seeing an undeniable evolution of web technologies and online ...
  5 days ago

• Google Books, links to letters, objections/responses

  
  No Shelf Required — Authority: 123
  Here’s a link to the letter sent to the DOJ from the Exec Dir’s of ALA/ACRL/ARL on December 15th, outlining concerns of pricing and the lack of academic representation on the Registry Board. And another link for the NY Law School document outlining the objections and responses in the amended settlement.
  5 days ago

• Following Up for the Week Ending 12/20/2009

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 441
  AT&T’s meaningless compromise on net neutrality NZ ACTA briefing isn’t very informative Vagueness in DEB provisions could lead to more broad web censorship House delays Patriot Act vote French complaint to Google Books results in copyright suit Library group asks DoJ to oversee Google Books ...
  6 days ago

• Paris Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Case - NYTimes.com

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 147
  How the French saved civilization?… The court in Paris ruled against Google after a publishing group, La Martinière, backed by publishers and authors, argued that the industry was being exploited by Google’s Book Search program, which was started in 2005. The court ordered Google to pay over ...
  1 week ago

• Google Fined 300,000 Euros by Paris Court over Google Books

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 159
  A Paris court has fined Google for breaking France’s copyright laws over displaying snippets of books in their search results. The court has fined Google €300,000 (~$430,000) to be paid to French publisher La Martiniere, which filed the court case on behalf of several other publishers. Google Books has ...
  1 week ago

• Questia Lightens Researchers’ Loads with iPhone App

  
  Epicenter — Authority: 705
  Questia, an online library catering to students and researchers, has launched an iPhone app offering access to 76,000 books and 2.7 million periodical articles for a monthly subscription fee. According to the company, research librarians selected each book and periodical in the collection with the goal of creating ...
  1 week ago

• Google loses books copyright case in France

  
  TECH.BLORGE.com — Authority: 599
  Google has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in compensation to a French publisher after bring found guilty of copyright infringement. The case, which involves Google Book Search, will not necessarily affect ongoing efforts to set up an agreement with American authors and publishers.The firm had scanned books ...
  1 week ago

• Four quick follow-ups

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  Here are a few quick follow-ups to previous TeleRead stories: EtherPad source released Remember how I mentioned Google had bought EtherPad and was closing it down , then that it would stay up at least until it had been open-sourced? Google has just released the source. Right on, Google and EtherPad crew! ...
  1 week ago

• Google Books Suffers Defeat In French Court

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 688
  The Google Books project suffered a significant blow today in France as a Paris court found Google guilty of copyright violations.  The search giants been ordered to stop scanning books, remove information from its database, and pay some hefty fines. French publishers brought the lawsuit against Google because ...
  1 week ago

• French court rules against Google over book copying

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 149
  Sophie Hardach reports: A Paris court on Friday found U.S. Internet giant Google guilty of violating copyright by digitising books and putting extracts online, following a legal challenge by major French publishers. The court found against Google after the La Martiniere group, which controls the highbrow Editions ...
  1 week ago

• Library associations raise Google Book Search pricing concerns to DOJ

  
  District Dispatch — Authority: 491
  CONTACT: Jenni Terry Press Officer (202) 628-8410 For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking for ...
  1 week ago

• Green ICT at the Library of Alexandria

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 139
  Senator Lundy blogged about my book in "New E-book: how to be green in ICT" and mentioned how the PM referred to the greenhouse gas emissions savings which could be made with broadband. In checking where the book would be available "print on demand" in stores, I noticed that one is the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ...
  1 week ago

• Using the Google Books Tool

  
  Technology Blog — Authority: 170
  Internet services open doors to a plethora of Internet resources, like many of the tools on Google.com. If you are trying to find a book you read in the past, books on a subject of interest to you, or simply have a love for books, Google Books is a great resource for you! You might [...]
  1 week ago

• Videos & guide to optimize Content Network campaigns

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 528
  Google introduced a new initiative called “Optimization University,” for Content Network campaigns optimization, available to everyone through a series of 6 videos “ campaign setup best practices , creative appropriate ad groups , selecting effective keywords , developing high impact ad creative , bidding ...
  1 week ago

• Google Offers More Details on "Google Editions" Bookstore

  
  AppScout — Authority: 580
  In October, Google announced plans to create a "Google Editions" online bookstore, launching in 2010. On Tuesday, Google Books product manager Brandon Badger fleshed out Googles plans a bit more with some additional details. Speaking at the eBook Summit in New York City, Badger appeared eager to reassure publishers ...
  1 week ago

• France to Digitize Its Own Books

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 441
  France submitted comments expressing concern during the last go round in revising the terms of the original Google Books settlement. Michael Geist links to a New York Times story that at first would seem continuous with the French government’s earlier stance. French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged almost $1.1 ...
  1 week ago

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