Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?
Gregory WinskySee below for more information about my colleague Greg Winsky, who is just snarky enough to merit a guest post on LIKELIHOOD OF CONCLUSION on a topic I’ve been covering…
One publisher’s take on the Google Books decision
Sanford Gray ThatcherThe following appeared in an alumni email discussion list of which I happen to be administrator. It’s a list for Princeton alumni in the legal profession, which would include Judge…
Authors Guild v. Google: Judge Chin’s decision in favor of Google Books
Ron ColemanAnyone looking for the Author’s Guild v. Google decision on the Southern District of New York website is going to have a hard time: It’s working like the Obamacare website…
The Google Library Project and the dog that didn’t bark — yet
Nicholas WellsThis post is the first by a new guest contributor, Utah IP lawyer Nicholas Wells, who also blogs on IP here. I first blogged about the tiff between Google and…
Google Books settlement takes it on the Chin
I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While the digitization of books and…
Google Books debate
It’s all Google, all the time in our world. (I know that because I did a Google search of our world.) So, naturally, what’s the hottest multimedia download on the…
The Google exception?
Way back when the Google Books issue first burst forth, I expressed considerable skepticism that their plan to scan the universe of books and put it on line could be…
Google and the bookmakers
Remember the Google book-scan lawsuit? No, we hadn’t either; we hardly even remember books. But thanks to Jaded Topaz we’re reminded, as she sends along word that it’s been settled:…
What is a book?
Ron ColemanReuters reports that publishers are going to allow book browsing on their websites. Amazon, of course, started this trend. Obviously they believe they will sell more books this way —…
A new use for Google Book Search
And a whole new set of opportunities for copyright lawyers. Hat tip to Bizzy Blog.
Google Gored by Literary Lions
Reuters “news service” reports that the Authors Guild and a number of American writers are suing Google Inc. in federal District Court in New York City, “alleging that the Web…
Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Syrup
How else to describe a post (this one) that combines two of our favorite obsessions — Google and fair use? Business Week online reports that Google’s announced plan to to…
Fair Googling a la Mode
Via the In the Agora blog, an update, with useful links, on the suit against Google by Agence France-Presse. Best link is to this article by the ubiquitous Professor Eric…