[Web4lib] Re: Google Books Settlement Reached

[Campbell, James (jmc)]

Google has been approaching publisher and author associations in other countries about signing on to the agreement.

      - Jim Campbell

      Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German
      University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112

      513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985


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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Peter Murray
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:55 PM
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Subject: [Web4lib] Re: Google Books Settlement Reached

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The actions brought by the plaintiffs were under U.S. copyright law,
so I'm not really surprised that the settlement only covers U.S.
organizations.


Peter

On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Alan Cockerill wrote:
> http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/
>
> Of course I can't see any mention of libraries outside the USA, but
> I read
> on and hope.....
>
> Alan Cockerill
> Library Technologies Coordinator
> James Cook University, Cairns

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