Jeffrey Young, Publishers' Group Asks Google to Stop Scanning Copyrighted Works for 6 Months, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 21, 2005 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: 'The Association of American Publishers has asked Google to stop scanning copyrighted books published by the association's members for at least six months while the company answers questions about whether its plan to scan millions of volumes in five major research libraries complies with copyright law. Allan R. Adler, vice president for legal and governmental affairs at the publishing group, said in an interview on Monday that the association made its request in a letter, sent June 10, that stopped short of calling for a "cease and desist" of Google's Library Project....Mr. Adler said that the letter was sent to Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, and that it requests a meeting between top Google executives and leaders of the publishing group. Google officials said Monday evening that they had not yet replied to the association. "We have received the letter, and we have read it, and we are in discussions with publishers, authors, and the associate organizations to understand their concerns -- to listen to them as well as talk about the benefits of Google Print," said Susan Wojcicki, director of product management for Google Print. Does Google believe it has the right to scan copyrighted books without permission, provided the company -- as it has promised -- offers only short excerpts of those works to the public in search results? "Yes," said Ms. Wojcicki. "We believe that our program is fully consistent with fair use under copyright law." '
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/21/2005 12:58:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
