Posts Tagged ‘Google Books’

Joseph Esposito identifies himself as a traditionalist on copyright (“during the term of copyright, copyright serves the interests of the producer”), but he challenges the assertion that Google is “a taker, not a maker” in Publishing in the Google Ecosystem (in The Scholarly Kitchen)

Lawrence Lessig gave a thought-provoking talk about “the ecology of access to books at the Berkman Center workshop on Alternative Approaches to Open Digital Libraries in the Shadow of the Google Book Search Settlement (073109). Listen now – MP3
My particular concern in the Fair Use Lab is access and accessibility to books, literacies, and cultures [...]

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society will host an open workshop July 31 at Harvard Law School on Alternative Approaches to Open Digital Libraries in the Shadow of the Google Book Search Settlement. Registration for in-person attendance is closed, but Berkman will webcast portions of the program. Remote participation  is encouraged. Follow the link [...]

My question for Google Books is this: how do I get access to the public domain books without using Sony or Amazon as middlemen? I don’t need their eBook readers, thank you. My computer is my reader. And are all these books from the public domain now locked up inside proprietary bookstores and hardware?
Via ReadWriteWeb:
Sony just [...]

Librarian Opposes Google’s Library Fees NPR 022109:
Google wants to give you access to its huge database of scanned, out-of-print books, but the company is going to charge for it. Robert Darnton, head librarian at Harvard University, says the deal violates a basic American principle — that knowledge should be free and accessible to all.
Robert Darnton’s [...]