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Say goodbye to Google Books Settlement for good
The heavily criticized proposed settlement between Google and a small group of authors and publishers has been dealt a final, fatal blow, reports Publishers Weekly this morning—although in this case the deathblow comes indirectly because it’s actually about a different, … Continue reading
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Tagged asa, authors guild, book scanning, book search, class-action, copyright, fair use, google, google books settlement, lawsuits, settlements
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Prez of Author's Guild makes his anti-Kindle text-to-speech argument in the New York Times
The Authors Guild has published an unconvincing op-ed in the New York Times that presents their argument against the Kindle 2′s “read to me” functionality. Continue reading
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Tagged authors guild, copyright, kindle, Kindle 2, lawsuits, read it now, roy blount, text to speech, tts
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Notes from yesterday's Google Book Search settlement workshop
Here were the main themes discussed at yesterday’s Google Book Search settlement workshop hosted by the National Writers Union (NWU). Continue reading →