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Comment on Universities John Orphan Works Effort; La Martiniere Joins Google Books by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:05:35 +0000

The Cornell University press release linked above does not mention the University of California system that also signed on to the HathiTrust initiative. ( UC Libraries expand access to orphan works ) With this in mind: Budget Pinched, UC-San Diego Libraries Will Get Rid of 150,000 Books

...the University of California at San Diego has closed or is preparing to close four of its library buildings...

Comment on University of Michigan to Make Orphan Works Available by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:40:55 +0000

FYI : Major Libraries Join Controversial Project to Publish ‘Orphan’ Books Online, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Comment on University of Michigan to Make Orphan Works Available by john walker

john walker — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:33:31 +0000

Curious- are the individual Unis as lucrative a target, for payment on winning service provider, type lawyers, as Google was?

Comment on University of Michigan to Make Orphan Works Available by Frances Grimble

Frances Grimble — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:40:55 +0000

James,

If I recall correctly, the most recent proposed Google Settlement promised to pay all the legal fees for the libraries if and when the libraries were sued.

Do you know if Google has promised to pay the University of Michigan's fees if they are sued as a result of this distribution of so-called orphan works? Because this is a lawsuit just waiting to happen, in my opinion as a non-lawyer.

Comment on University of Michigan to Make Orphan Works Available by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:56:06 +0000

FYI:

U. of Michigan Tests Murky Waters of Copyright Law by Offering Digital Access to Some ‘Orphan’ Books, Chronicle of Higher Education

Comment on Jenna Newman Gives a Publisher’s Perspective by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:32:45 +0000

Now that the settlement has been rejected James, I think it will be interesting to see if new coalitions of victims (such as the UBC Press) form to assert their rights.

Comment on Further Discussion of the Settlement by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:34:38 +0000

Re: A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV, Jonathan Band

Jonathan Band's Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement has been updated to show where the Google case is now.

Comment on Further Discussion of the Settlement by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:25:49 +0000

Re: To the Whingers Go the Spoils

"despite the fact that it’s very clearly fair use in the United States for Google to digitize any copyrighted book and use snippets of it in search results."-- Ryan Singel (Emphasis mine)

My response is here and I quote you here, James.

Comment on National Federation of the Blind Files Complaint Over Google Apps Accessibility by Douglas Fevens

Douglas Fevens — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:00:04 +0000

National Federation of the Blind Comments on Rejection of Google Books Settlement

Comment on Update on French Cases by James Grimmelmann

James Grimmelmann — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:26:27 +0000

But see this IFFRO release, and the French sources it links to, which would seem to suggest otherwise.