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This report deserves a read. It underlines the restrictive 
nature of the deal, both on competition and on public 
domain. It also threatens access to scientific journals.

Joseph Harris


http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE5436EL20090504?rpc=401&=undefined&sp=true

Libraries sceptical of Google books settlement
Mon May 4, 2009 11:59pm BST

By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sceptical library groups asked on 
Monday for "rigorous oversight" of Google's agreement with 
authors and publishers that would allow it to put millions 
of books online.
The American Library Association and Association of Research 
Libraries said they were concerned that Google would not 
safeguard readers' privacy and that it would be the only 
digital source for many books and major academic journals.
.......
The settlement is unusual is that it essentially structures 
the digitized book search market while that market is in its 
infancy, said Bert Foer, president of the American Antitrust 
Institute.
"On the whole what they're trying to do is remarkably 
creative," he said. "But that doesn't mean that the process 
should avoid the type of public input that would be there in 
other circumstances."
.........
The case is The Authors Guild, Inc, Association of American 
Publishers v. Google. Case No. 05 CV 8136-JES
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing Bernard Orr)

© Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved. 



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