Showing posts with label orphan works. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orphan works. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Does Settlement with Publishers Grant Google a Monopoly?

I am familiar with the issue of orphan works as it relates to the music industry, but writers and book publishers have been strangely silent.

Should Uncle Sam approve Google's settlement with book publishers?
See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/technology/companies/10book.html.

What do you think?

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