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Google settlement opponents need to be careful how they win

July 13, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 5 Comments

The debate about the Google settlement, like most of any consequence or intellectual interest (what the government should do about health care or energy, for example) actually engages a wider range of knowledge than most of us have. But we feel comfortable having an opinion about what we should do about health care or energy […]

Filed Under: New Models, Politics, Publishing, Uncategorized Tagged With: energy policy, Google settlement, health care policy

The Google settlement and the alternatives

May 4, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 6 Comments

Thanks to Peter Brantley and his work spotting items of interest, I was pointed to a post in Wired which is an FAQ on the Google settlement. It is, as far as I can tell, an accurate summary that leads people through the issues in a way that discourages support for the settlement. But I […]

Filed Under: Authors, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing Tagged With: Google settlement, orphan works, Peter Brantley

The Google settlement and unanswered questions, particularly about the windfall

April 16, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 36 Comments

Michael Cairns and I have both been frustrated with most of the conversation surrounding the Google Book Search settlement. The principal concerns of most of the participants in the dialogue seem to be:  1. Has Google unfairly captured a monopoly on some content? 2. Has the “class” of “orphan authors” been dealt with fairly, since […]

Filed Under: Authors, New Models, Print-On-Demand, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Book Rights Registry, Google, Google settlement, Michael Cairns, orphan books

A serious issue for big publishers

April 14, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 11 Comments

The Google settlement brings into bold relief what has been a quiet issue for book publishers, particularly the biggest ones. They are largely in the dark about what rights they own. It is not really hard to understand why they’re in this position and it isn’t really anybody’s “fault”, but it sure is a mess. […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing Tagged With: Google settlement, Klopotek, rights, StartWithXML

A slightly different take on the Google settlement

March 24, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 4 Comments

I have read and listened to a lot of dialogue about the Google settlement. I’m not a lawyer and I’m not a librarian or archivist and I’m not a scholar who would be interested in those “non-consumptive uses” I didn’t know about before this all happened. To the extent that I had a horse in […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Book Rights Registry, Google Booksearch, Google Library, Google settlement, Michael Cader, Michael Cairns, Michael Holdsworth

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