Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Google Books Settlement Collapse -- Tweet By Tweet

From the timeline at http://twitter.com/irvmuch:


You heard it here 1st (OK, maybe 2nd or 3rd): Google Books settlement is going down. And no one at Google is losing sleep over it, either.Why the Google Books settlement is doomed: http://snipr.com/gjx2a [freelancerights_blogspot_com]

Running next Monday in Beyond Chron: my essay "Google Books Settlement Bombs in New Haven."

Key to fate of Google Books settlement is not authors or publishers -- it's awareness of consumers/librarians that everything doesn't fit."Google Books Settlement Has Bombed in New Haven": http://snipr.com/gue5m [www_beyondchron_org]


My Google Books settlement piece published just as judge was throwing out Internet Archive motion to intervene -- they can still object.
No. 1 for "Google Books" at Google News: "Google Books Settlement Has Bombed in New Haven": http://snipr.com/gue5m. Others in next tweets.
No. 2 for "Google Books" at Google News: "Steinbeck Heirs Seeks to Slow Google Books Settlement": http://snipr.com/gujhe [nytimes]

No. 3 for "Google Books" at Google News: "Internet Archive wants book copyright indemnity like Google": http://snipr.com/gujno

No. 4 for "Google Books" at Google News: "174 writers, poets reject Google book search offer": http://snipr.com/gujt9 [Yomiuri, Japan]


Google Books settlement seeks 60-day extension -- another sign they're in trouble: http://tinyurl.com/cneo2w.
More offshoots of "Google Books Settlement Has Bombed in New Haven." UK booksellers' oppositon: http://snipr.com/gxand. More in next tweets.Publishers Weekly: "resistance stiffening" to Google Books deal. http://snipr.com/gxb2v

German authors outraged by Google Books -- 1,300 pen "Heidelberg Appeal" letter to President Kohler: http://snipr.com/gxbba [Der Spiegel]Look for "Google Books, Chapter 2: The Worldwide Resistance," Wednesday at http://beyondchron.org."Google Books and 'Muchnick' -- Their Similarities Are Different": http://snipr.com/gy9m6 [freelancerights_blogspot_com]Google book settlement bulletin: Judge Denny Chin extends opt-out/objection deadline to Sept. 4; fairness hearing will be Oct. 7.Justice Department examining Google deal: http://snipr.com/gyqxb [www_nytimes_com]

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