Book Digitization
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Open Book Alliance to veto Google book deal
News Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo join forces with library and author groups to oppose Google's settlement with publishing groups over digital book scanning.
Tags: Software, Web sites, Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Software, antitrust, PeopleSoft Inc., Wall Street Journal, Web 2.0
Amazon's Bezos hits the books
Insight As Google catches heat over its library plan, Amazon turns a page on its own offering.
Tags: Web services, Business development/management
US Justice Dept: Google's book settlement needs rewrite
News Concerns about Google's settlement with book authors are valid, the Department of Justice said in a filing with the court overseeing the settlement. But things could change.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, copyright law, U.S. District Court, agreement
Microsoft's Live Search scraps book digitization project
News According to company blog, book search efforts are being disbanded and existing book search results will show up in regular searches rather than a separate section.
Tags: Search, IT project management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Book Digitization, Search Engine, Advertisement, Search Result, Books
Google makes concessions to European publishers
News As hearings on Google's digitization project kick off in Europe, the company says European books still listed as commercially available will not be included in its online registry.
Tags: Data Management, E-commerce, European Union, Europe, Settlement, New York Times Co., Internet, board, France, E-commerce
Last week in Google
News Search giant Google is turning up the heat on its rivals--as well as taking some heat itself.
Tags: Search
Europe urged to hasten book digitization
News Europe could pull ahead of Google in the digitization of books as long as it acts swiftly, information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding has said.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Digital rights management (DRM), Commission, Google Inc., Books Digitization, European Commission, Web 2.0, Copyright Protection, Europe
Kindle patents lay out plan for ads
News Patents, both approved and pending, show that Amazon may bundle free, ad-supported digital books with sales of physical books.
Tags: Patents, Regulations, Sales/revenue, Internet advertising, Patent, E-book, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., revenue, Internet advertising
November deadline for new Google Books deal
News Google and books groups hashing out the terms of a revised settlement will have until November 9 to submit a new deal to the judge overseeing the case.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., revenue, Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Associated Press, New York
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
US state AGs on Google Books settlement: We object
News Five states join opposition to the settlement on the grounds that states, rather than the Books Rights Registry, should be entitled to unclaimed proceeds.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, Settlement, Missouri, payment, antitrust, Web 2.0
Report: Google considering book settlement tweaks
News Under fire from critics and the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice, Google is reportedly considering modifications to its book search settlement with book authors and publishers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bloomberg L.P., Settlement, copyright law, Judge, Eric Schmidt, Web 2.0, Data Management
Challenge to Google Books settlement focuses on class actions
News Lawyer plans to file a new objection to Google's settlement with book rights holders claiming that class action lawsuits were not intended to strike licensing deals.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Legal, Settlement, Class Action, RAM, copyright law, New York Times Co., U.S.
Coalition to challenge Google Books settlement
News Internet Archive is reportedly forming a coalition of tech giants to be led by veteran Silicon Valley attorney Gary Reback.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Browser, Settlement, Class Action, antitrust, Internet, Web 2.0
Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon
News A new initiative from the nonprofit Internet Archive aims to make all books, commercial or public domain, available for digital distribution. If it works, Amazon could be in serious trouble.
Tags: Handhelds, Publisher, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., search engine, e-reader, BookServer, Amazon.com Inc., public domain, Amazon Kindle
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