Comments on: BTB #115: Survey Finds Google Settlement ‘Unsettled’ http://beyondthebookcast.com/survey-finds-google-settlement-unsettled/ A series of recordings from the Copyright Clearance Center. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:20:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FRANK OGDEN http://beyondthebookcast.com/survey-finds-google-settlement-unsettled/comment-page-1/#comment-7183 FRANK OGDEN Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:14:10 +0000 http://beyondthebookcast.com/?p=231#comment-7183 i am an author with 18 books copyrighted by accesscopyright Canada. i have converted these books to e-books. Whatever i sell, i keep the profit. if i agreed to Google, i couldn't do this. i think, once the authors finally see what i am doing, will withdraw from the Google plan. it's like many musicians now going on it alone. This is strange for me: i still am a google fan. Frank Ogden. i am an author with 18 books copyrighted by accesscopyright Canada. i have converted these books to e-books.
Whatever i sell, i keep the profit. if i agreed to Google, i couldn’t do this.

i think, once the authors finally see what i am doing, will withdraw from the Google plan. it’s like many musicians now going on it alone.

This is strange for me: i still am a google fan.
Frank Ogden.

]]> By: Bernie Malonson http://beyondthebookcast.com/survey-finds-google-settlement-unsettled/comment-page-1/#comment-5982 Bernie Malonson Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:37:55 +0000 http://beyondthebookcast.com/?p=231#comment-5982 Robust copyright law is one of the keys to sound intellectual property rights. It protects creators and their heirs. While respecting Google's mission to categorize all information, and the expediency their settlement would produce, I think it sets a bad precedent. With all of their processing power, they can very easily check to see which books are in copyright and which are in the public domain. Perhaps a publisher does not want his/her book republished, their rights should be respected. Bernie Robust copyright law is one of the keys to sound intellectual property rights. It protects creators and their heirs. While respecting Google’s mission to categorize all information, and the expediency their settlement would produce, I think it sets a bad precedent.

With all of their processing power, they can very easily check to see which books are in copyright and which are in the public domain.

Perhaps a publisher does not want his/her book republished, their rights should be respected.

Bernie

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