Re: Authors, publishers, settle suit with Google

["B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>]

The New York Times mentions an interesting twist on this settlement:

"Libraries, universities, and other organizations will also be 
able to purchase an institutional subscription, which will give 
users the ability to access the full text of all the titles in 
the Google Books index. This, depending on the pricing, could 
turn out to be a revolutionary development for libraries."

See:

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2008/10/28/28readwriteweb-end_of_snippet_view_google_books.html

Meanwhile, from another source:

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that "All public 
libraries in the United States would be given free portals for 
their patrons" (whatever that means). The Chronicle article also 
reports some positive reactions from librarians involved in the 
Google Book Search project:

Article at:

http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/6010n.htm



Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN


--- On Tue, 10/28/08, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Authors, publishers, settle suit with Google
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 2:00 PM
> "Google has reached a landmark agreement with authors
> and
> publishers to make millions of books available online, in a
> deal
> that includes a $125m (L80m) payout and the end to
> lawsuits filed
> by companies including Penguin. The agreement, part of
> which is
> subject to the approval of the US District Court in New
> York,
> comes after two years of negotiations between the parties
> and
> will mark the end of two lawsuits against the Google Book
> Search
> tool."
>
> Full article:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/28/googlethemedia-digitalmedia
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Sora Associates
> Bloomington, IN
> ---2071850956-1206689910-1225214619=:5248--