European Directive on Copyright Adopted. Where To Next?
Terms of Digital Book Deal With Google Revised
By Brad Stone and Miguel Helft (The New York Times Company, 13 November 2009)”Google and groups representing book publishers and authors filed a modified version of their controversial books settlement with a federal court on Friday. The changes would pave the way for other companies to license Google’s vast digital collection of copyrighted out-of-print books, and might resolve Google’s conflicts with European governments”.
By Brad Stone and Miguel Helft (The New York Times Company, 13 November 2009)
“Google and groups representing book publishers and authors filed a modified version of their controversial books settlement with a federal court on Friday. The changes would pave the way for other companies to license Google’s vast digital collection of copyrighted out-of-print books, and might resolve Google’s conflicts with European governments”.
“The revisions to the settlement primarily address the handling of so-called orphan works [..], call “for the appointment of an independent fiduciary, or trustee, who will be solely responsible for decisions regarding orphan works […] and also “restrict the Google catalog to books published in the United States, Britain, Australia or Canada”.
