[Ansteorra] Google Books Settlement

[Rose & Chad]

They didn't forget about copyright laws. They remembered that fair use includes transformative uses. :)

If you're interested in that sort of thing, you should really check out what authors and publishers (like Baen and John Scalzi) who have tried alternative business models in this economy say. They have had really great results. :)

Rose

One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways. -Bertrand Russell

--- On Wed, 4/22/09, lambdakennels1 at juno.com <lambdakennels1 at juno.com> wrote:

From: lambdakennels1 at juno.com <lambdakennels1 at juno.com>
Subject: [Ansteorra] Google Books Settlement
To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 2:18 PM


I am posting this here because many of us have advanced degrees and/or write for publication. Google decided to scan all the books in the world and make them available to everyone.  They forgot about copywrite laws, however.  A group of writers sued, and now there is a settlement.  If you have a master's thesis, dissertation, or book, it is probably included.  Go to www.googlebooksettlement.com and see.  My master's thesis and dissertation were listed, so I registered. Not only is this settlement going to provide a small payment to those whose books were used without permission, it will set up a copywrite database where you can license those rights more easily.  Of course, the cash available is after the lawyers take their share off the top, then divided by the number of works registered, so you won't be able to live it up with your share, but something is better than nothing.
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