GBS is to some what NFL is to others. The Google Book Search controversy, lawsuit, proposed settlement and the Department of Justice’s review of the settlement — hey, this is the Superbowl. It’s got hot copyright, public policy, librarianship, access to information and, well, kitchen sink issues. Who could ask for more?
At MCN 2009 in Portland, we will devote a roundtable discussion to the whole fascinating subject of e-books, the future of reading and publishing, what happens when our museum’s catalogs show up in Google Book Search, and what will happen when e-art-books are produced for the iPhone. (It will happen. You heard it here first.)
Peter Brantley (quoted below) and Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara Law School, will discuss the Google Books Settlement and the future of reading and publishing, at MCN 2009 in Portland. The articles linked to below (with thanks to Mary Murrell, Berkeley) are required reading (okay, suggested reading) for those who want to join this roundtable discussion, “More From Less: The E-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution,” and for anyone interested in a good update on the GBS.
“GBS: Right Goal, Wrong Solution”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-brantley/google-books-right-goal-w_b_307089.html
Law professor Timothy Wu takes a very different view in Slate.
http://www.slate.com/id/2229391
Alexis Madrigal, researcher and writer, on his experiences researching a book, in Wired.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/preserve-google-books/
Via ARL, a summary of the court filings, in a set of tables; article by Brandon Butler.
www.arl.org
