The US Register of Copyright has come out swinging against the proposed Google Book settlement, describing it as “fundamentally at odds with the law.” “By permitting Google to engage in a wide array of new uses of most books in existence the settlement would alter the landscape of copyright law,” said head Marybeth Peters in [...]

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I was just contacted by someone asking for advice on what she should do regarding the Google Books settlement. I’m no expert but for what it’s worth, here’s what I’ve done and why. I’d welcome comments, corrections or alternative points of view from anyone who might be better informed on some of this stuff that [...]

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Outside the US, there’s been a slow dawning that the very complex, far-reaching Google Book settlement will have important implications for foreign rightsholders too. It will drag many into something they had no say over, driven by parties with no mandate to represent them. In New Zealand, it hasn’t been well-received, particularly by authors following [...]

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