[WEB4LIB] Publishers concerned about Google's scanning project

[Karen Coyle]

But note that the AAP came out publicly and said that they weren't going 
to take legal action (see: 
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2004/12/publishers_on_b.html) That 
doesn't mean that individual publishers might not, but a group action 
would make more sense.

kc

Sloan, Bernie wrote:

>>From today's online version of the Chronicle of Higher Education:
>
>"Some publishing groups say that Google's ambitious project to scan
>millions of library volumes and make them searchable could run afoul of
>copyright laws, and that Google should get permission from publishers
>before proceeding... some publishing-industry officials say that even
>scanning a book and offering brief excerpts without the publishers'
>permission could violate copyright because scanning the book would
>represent a reproduction of the work, and the copying would have been
>done by a commercial entity rather than the library that purchased the
>book."
>
>The full article is in the "Today's News" section for February 7
>(unfortunately it's only available online to subscribers):
>
>Young, Jeffrey R. Publishing Groups Say Google's Library-Scanning Effort
>May Violate Copyright Laws. (Today's News). Chronicle of Higher
>Education (online version). February 7, 2005.
>
>Bernie Sloan
>Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO
>University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
>616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
>Champaign, IL  61820
>
>Phone: (217) 333-4895
>Fax:   (217) 265-0454
>E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu
>
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