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• Google Gives Alex Over a Million Books

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 673
  Spring Design , the makers of the Alex eReader device , announced it has entered into an agreement with Google, which will see it gaining access to over a million Google Books. Alex users will be able to read these books online or download them using the Android-integrated browser and search applications. "We are ...
  14 hours ago

• Conflict Search

  
  Music Technology Policy — Authority: 125
  I ran into an friend of mine who was an old radio promotion executive and got to talking about how the business had changed. His old job essentially was to introduce fans to new music and somehow get them to buy. Mostly his job was staying one step ahead of the FCC on payola in all its many varied forms as he (and ...
  1 day ago

• The first book in my Google Books library is…

  
  More or Less Bunk — Authority: 124
  … Twenty Years at Hull House , by Jane Addams . I’ve been reading about the Labor Museum there for my book on industrialization and can now access it easily for reference. While I might be late to the party, I am quite excited about discovering this function as I’ve lost the links to particular editions of ...
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• Another Nail in Privacy’s Coffin?

  
  Manga Xanadu — Authority: 123
  Having a wireless connection on an e-reader has been touted as the make-or-break deal for devices coming out.  Amazon’s Kindle, which started it all, has been favored because of the ease of purchasing books from Amazon and downloading to the device.  But, what are you really giving up for that privilege?  A lot ...
  1 day ago

• Google Fined Heavily in France

  
  SubmitEdge SEO News — Authority: 126
  According to BBC News: A Paris court has found Google guilty of copyright infringement in a ruling which could have ramifications for its plans to digitise the world’s books. The French publisher La Martiniere, one of several to take Google to court for digitising  books without  permission, ...
  2 days ago

• Weekly World News Exclusive! First Photos of Heaven Taken with Cellphone! [Google Books]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 892
  A Weekly World News reader and accident victim used his cellphone to "record incredible views of the other side." It may be all made in Photoshop, though. I dont know. But wait, theres also a full reportage of hell too. Dear Google, you may be as evil as everyone else, but its ok, after publishing Weekly World ...
  1 week ago

• Court Tells Mian And Google To Sort Out Copyright Suit

  
  China Bystander — Authority: 121
  Mian Mian’s suit against Google is an awkwardness for the authorities, the sort of awkwardness they just hope would go away. In October, the 39-year old author filed a copyright infringement suit against the U.S. search and advertising company for scanning one of her books into its online library as part of its ...
  1 week ago

• Progress in copyright talks with Google | Global Times [del.icio.us]

  
  Adrian Monck — Authority: 120
  Google is expected to obtain authorization from CWWCS to use books published in China after further talks. Erik Hartmann, the Asia- Pacific head of Google Books, will move to Beijing from Singapore as a permanent representative.
  1 week ago

• E-reader privacy policies compared: Big Kindle is watching you

  
  Engadget — Authority: 853
  Its definitely shaping up to be the year of e-book readers: the Amazon Kindle is flying off (virtual) shelves , and wed expect the Barnes & Noble Nook to start moving at a decent clip once the kinks get worked out . But any device with an always-on 3G connection to a central server raises some privacy ...
  1 week ago

• The Cat, the Bullfighter, and Google Books

  
  Webometric Thoughts — Authority: 112
  As a general rule I take the web for granted. Although Im old enough to remember [a lot of] life before the web, because I was aware of services like Prestel and had dialed up the local BBS years before, I merely saw the web as a natural progression. Occassionally, however, an inconsequential event does make me ...
  1 week ago

• The Dispossessed

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 725
  "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 ...
  1 week ago

• Authors Need To Be Protected In The Digital Age

  
  Working From Home Blogging — Authority: 118
  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 ...
  1 week 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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 645
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 463
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Books, links to letters, objections/responses

  
  No Shelf Required — Authority: 121
  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.
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 447
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 146
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 463
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Questia Lightens Researchers’ Loads with iPhone App

  
  Epicenter — Authority: 696
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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