Are Google’s efforts to build a universal library in trouble?
Google’s long-gestating, long-contested plans to make the world’s books available in Google Book Search just hit a big obstacle when a New York court rejected the settlement between the search giant and a number of authors and publishers.
Google first settled in 2008, with the company agreeing to pay $125 million and create a royalty system in Book Search governed by an independent rights registry. In exchange, Google would receive permission to showcase longer excerpts … Continue Reading
Google offers nice refinements on book search
Google’s long-gestating, long-contested plans to make the world’s books available in Google Book Search just hit a big obstacle when a New York court rejected the settlement between the search giant and a number of authors and publishers.
Google first settled in 2008, with the company agreeing to pay $125 million and create a royalty system in Book Search governed by an independent rights registry. In exchange, Google would receive permission to showcase longer excerpts … Continue Reading
