Google Print Roundup
A lot has happened with Google Print and the Authors Guild lawsuit:
The Authors Guild sued Google over its massive library digitization
project, claiming copyright infringement and potential revenue loss for authors.
University of Michigan statement in defense of the Google Library Project
Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Google’s card catalog should be left open.”
Lawrence Lessig on the Google suit
Library News & Notes and Open Access News Open Access News has lots and lots on the suit.Gary has info on the Search Engine Watch blog.
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) raises concerns and calls for a meeting with Google.
A Copyfighter’s Musings mentions some of the confusion about what’s happening.
For my own comfort, let me restate that I can’t comment on the project since it raises obvious conflict of interest issues with my job, which is why I’m refraining from writing about Google Print more so than just posting links to items of interest about the digitization effort. Even though I am employed by an institution participating in this project, I don’t have access to any information about it other than what’s been released publicly. I am not employed by any of the libraries.
Addenda: A Copyfighter’s Musings examines further some of the copyright issues.
9/28: LISNews mentions publisher Tim O’Reilly’s New York Times editorial about the situation.
Confessions of a Mad Librarian explores whether Google Print would win in court, the lawsuit, and the University of Michigan’s reaction.
