Bibliocycle

On October 28 a settlement was announced in the class-action copyright infringement suit brought against Google by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. The settlement applies only to books published before January 5, 2009.  It has not yet been approved by the presiding judge in the US District Court in New York, [...]

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Recently, I wrote about the historic settlement reached last week in the class-action suit against Google brought by the Author’s Guild and the Association of American Publishers.  On balance, I have reservations about the terms of the settlement.  However, I have decided to adopt a “wait and see” attitude, since it is clear that the [...]

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It is a safe assumption that not under the copyright law we will sometimes have to request (and pay for) permission to use materials in support of teaching.  (Even though, interestingly, Georgia State University seems to be arguing that ALL educational use inside a CMS is fair use in defense of the copyright infringement lawsuit [...]

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Last week Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers announced a proposed settlement to the 2005 lawsuit over Google’s claim that its plan to scan all of the world’s books was covered under the fair use provisions of the copyright act.  Google agreed to pay $125 million dollars (peanuts, for them) to [...]

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