The latest revision to the Google Books settlement, an ongoing saga we've written about regularly here on TidBITS, is still opposed by Amazon.com and the Internet Archive, among others. The settlement in this revised version would still anoint Google with court approval as the only party in the United States that can scan and offer for sale copyrighted works that are out of print and for which the publisher isn't known.
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Adam C. Engst
Other articles in the series Google Books Settlement
- Google Books Settlement Hits Snags (07 Sep 09)
- Sony Reader Gets 500,000 Free Public Domain Titles from Google (23 Mar 09)
- Why the Kindle 2 Should Speak When Permitted To (02 Mar 09)
- Authors and Publishers Settle with Google Book Search (29 Oct 08)
New Google Books Settlement Fails to Placate Prominent Critics
