... to solve the privacy problems posed by a digital book registry. First, requiring "valid legal process ... . Click here to read more. I don't think its too much to ask, as the ACLU has advocated, that Google promise it will protect reader records by responding only ... books in a library or bookstore, they should be able to anonymously browse, search, and preview books using Google Book Search. ...

... wanting for a long time. Remember, Google Book Search also includes some digitized magazines. Many people, including ... Mobile Navigation. Second, for those readers who are not in the info/library profession, it’s quite possible that you have 24×7x365 access to the databases ( ... titles, increases in backfiles of the 45 titles currently available, and a Google Scholar titles list. Stay tuned! ...

The American Library Association (ALA) and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have posted a guide to the currently proposed Google Book Search settlement. The publication, A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement is available on the ALA website. Previous DGI post: Revised Google Books Search Settlement Filed

... Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final ... copyright infringement through its program to digitize millions of library books without always obtaining permission from copyright owners. ... proposal, but other high profile critics, like the Open Book Alliance, are still unhappy, saying the changes don't address what they perceive ...

... agreement. Does that mean there is still a liability hanging out there for these scanned journals from library collections? It might, especially taken in combination with this addition to §7. ... removes the exception that “Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) affiliated networks” ... Technology Jester Revised Google Book Search Settlement from a Library Perspective Previous in series ...

... amazing job of analyzing the latest draft of the Google Book Search settlement, really making the legalese clear for ... the Registry will likely ask the rightsholders to appoint it to license companies other than Google. But that still leaves all the unclaimed books out.) The settlement agreement even ... with fingers in them - Boing Boing George Dyson on Google book scanning: "The Universal Library ...