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Google Books opposition pours in at deadline
News Tuesday is the last day to file statements on Google's Book Search settlement and several groups have gone on record opposing the deal.
Tags: Data Management, Web 2.0, Databases, Web sites, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Judge
Google offers rivals a place in e-books program
News Search giant offers competitors an ability to resell e-books that Google alone could get rights to. But Amazon spurns the offer.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, Democrat, E-book, Rep., Settlement, Work, Internet, U.S. Congress
Google Books hearing officially delayed
News Pointing out that the settlement scheduled to be discussed on October 7 is being reworked, the judge overseeing the Google Books settlement process agreed to delay the hearing.
Tags: Web 2.0, Conference, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, U.S. District Court, Web 2.0
Reports: Google, US govt talked about Book Search
News The U.S. Justice Department has held talks with Google about its book-search project, according to published reports. Are antitrust concerns getting more serious?
Tags: Search, Legal, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Class Action, antitrust, Harvard University, New York Times Co.
Google Book settlement faces legal assault
News The Google Books settlement has not only brought new attention to the issue of orphaned works. It's also brought a set of legal attempts to derail it.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Consumer Watchdog, Settlement, Work, Books, California, U.S. Congress, Copyright
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
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
News Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
Google adds open standard to gadget mashups
News The Web giant is now using the OAuth open authentication standard in its mini-apps for the desktop and the iGoogle Web page.
Tags: Web sites, Security, Authentication and encryption, Google Inc., API, Books, mashup, bank, Web Site, open standard
More time needed for revised Google Books deal
News After a meeting late last week with the Justice Department, the parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the deadline for a revised settlement.
Tags: Web services, Search, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law, Judge, patient, 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
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, blog
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
Google adds details to Book Search privacy policy
News Privacy advocates had criticized Google's Book Search settlement as incomplete regarding its privacy policy, and Google has responded with additional commitments.
Tags: Data Management, FTC, Settlement, New York, credit card company, blog, credit card, Data Management
Closing chapter of Google Books saga near
News Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law
