Digital books : competition and commerce / Oliver A. Hagen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hagen, Oliver A.

Series:

Media and communications.

Media and communications--technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic publishing--Law and legislation--United States.

Electronic publishing.

Book industries and trade--Law and legislation--United States.

Book industries and trade.

Library materials--Digitization--United States.

Library materials.

Fair use (Copyright)--United States.

Fair use (Copyright).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Hauppauge, N.Y.] : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Google's proposed reproduction and display of copyrighted books was not authorised by the rights holders, who alleged that the Google Library Project infringed their copyrights. This book provides background on the Library Project, legal issues raised by digitisation and indexing projects, testimony for and against the project.

Contents:

The Google Library Project : Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law? / Kate M. Manuel, Legislative Attorney

"Orphan Works" in Copyright Law / Brian T. Yeh, Legislative Attorney

Statement of Paul Aiken on the Google Book Settlement (Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives)

Statement of Marybeth Peters, The Register of Copyrights, before the Committee on the Judiciary hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books"

Competition that Works : Why the Google Books Project is Good for Consumers and Competitors / Testimony of David A. Balto, before the House Judiciary Committee, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books"

Testimony of David Drummond, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, Google Inc., before the House Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books"

Statement of Paul Misener, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com, before the Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books"

Written Testimony of Randal C. Picker, Paul and Theo Leffmann Professor of Commercial Law, The University of Chicago Law School and Senior Fellow, The Computation Institute, The University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books"

Statement of The National Federation of the Blind, before the Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books"

Testimony of John M. Simpson, Consumer Advocate with Consumer Watchdog, hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books".

Notes:

Includes reprinted legislative documents.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-450-5

OCLC:

722328882