I favor broadcasting over narrowcasting.
Hal
"Publicity is like eating peanuts. Once you start
you can't stop."
--Andy Warhol
Halvard Johnson
================
[log in to unmask]
http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
http://www.hamiltonstone.org
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> You want that global monopoly, really? I'd rather public libraries did
> the digitisation.
>
> War horse Ursula Le Guin is on the case -
>
> http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html
>
> xA
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > I say digitize away, Google.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > "Publicity is like eating peanuts. Once you start
> > you can't stop."
> > --Andy Warhol
> >
> > Halvard Johnson
> > ================
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
> > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> > http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> A useful overview from Jenny Darling Ltd. Basically, this settlement
> >> affects anybody who has ever published a book in the United States,
> >> Canada, the UK or Australia.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure at all. My instinct is to opt out, out of a deep
> >> suspicion of Googleworld. But I actually don't know what would be
> >> best.
> >>
> >> xA
> >>
> >>
> >> GOOGLE BOOKS: AMENDED SETTLEMENT, 20 January 2010
> >>
> >> Refresher: What is the Google Book Settlement?
> >> In recent years Google has digitized some 7 million books as part of
> >> its Google Book Search project. The American Authors Guild and five
> >> publishers representing all members of the Association of American
> >> Publishers brought actions against Google arguing that Google did not
> >> have the right to digitize and display books that are currently under
> >> copyright. The Settlement we considered and objected to last year was
> >> the outcome of these actions.
> >> Following objections from around the world, the parties came up with
> >> an Amended Settlement, which is still subject to court approval in
> >> February 2010 but is widely expected to be passed.
> >> This document aims to outline the Amended Settlement so that you can
> >> make an informed decision about your participation.
> >>
> >> What is different about the Amended Settlement?
> >> Within the original Settlement, many Australian books were classified
> >> as Out of Print because they were not Commercially Available in the
> >> USA. The Amended Settlement is different. Under its terms a Book is
> >> Commercially Available if it is being offered for sale new by a seller
> >> anywhere in the world to a buyer in the United States, Canada, the UK
> >> or Australia.
> >>
> >> If I participate in the Settlement, what can Google do?
> >> The Settlement divides uses into Display Uses and Non-Display Uses
> >> (Display uses include selling downloadable ebooks, print on demand
> >> editions, selling subscriptions to libraries; Non-Display Uses refers
> >> basically to a bibliographic catalogue entry for the work; see full
> >> definition at the end of this document). The rights granted under the
> >> Settlement are different for In Print and Out of Print books, as
> >> follows:
> >> In Print Books
> >> The rightsholders must authorize Google to include their book in one
> >> or more Display Use. Google may not make any Display Uses that are not
> >> authorized. If the rightsholders decide to authorise Display Uses, the
> >> Book will be subject to the economic terms provided under the
> >> settlement (that is, the rightsholders receive 63% of revenues).
> >>
> >> Unless the Rightholders remove the Book from the Digital Library,
> >> Google has the right to make Non-Display Uses of an In Print book for
> >> the term of US copyright for that book.
> >>
> >>
> >> Out of Print Books:
> >> Google is allowed to make Display Uses and Non-Display Uses of each
> >> out-of-print Book for the term of copyright for that Book, UNLESS the
> >> Rightsholder of the Book directs Google not to do so.
> >>
> >> If you direct Google not to make any Uses of your book now you can at
> >> a later date change your mind and decide to direct Google to include
> >> Uses of your work.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Weighing it up: Opting In or Opting Out?
> >>
> >> If you Opt In:
> >> If your books have been digitized already, you will receive a
> >> one-off payment of at least USD$60 as compensation for this.
> >> You may receive ongoing income from Googles Display Uses of
> your
> >> books, if you authorize this.
> >> Use of In Print works can only be made with your authorization.
> >> Use of Out of Print works can be made by Google unless you tell
> >> them
> >> otherwise.
> >> You will retain the right to remove your work from any or all
> >> Display Uses at any time.
> >> You may ask that Google remove your books completely provided
> that
> >> you give notice to Google on or before March 9, 2012. After that date,
> >> removal requests will be honoured only if a book has not already been
> >> digitized.
> >> You may benefit from the exposure of your books on Google.
> >> You are giving Google permission to digitize your books in the
> >> future and, if they are digitized, to use your books in accordance
> >> with the Amended Settlement.
> >>
> >> If you Opt Out
> >> Google will have no rights in your work.
> >> You reserve the right to sue Google, if you opt in you
> relinquish
> >> this right.
> >>
> >> What to do next
> >>
> >> Opting in:
> >> If you wish to opt in to the Settlement, you have until 31 March 2011
> >> to create an account with Google and claim cash payments for books
> >> already digitized.
> >> Go to http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/
> >> When you create an account and search by author name or title, Google
> >> generates a table showing a list of your books that they have listed
> >> in their database, and whether or not each edition has been digitized
> >> as part of this program. From here you can instruct Google as to which
> >> Uses you authorize in each title.
> >>
> >> Opting out:
> >> This must be done by 28 January 2010.
> >> Go to http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/
> >> Create an account and click on OPT OUT.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
> >> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> >> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
>
|
