[MCN-L] IP SIG: ALA site on the Google Book Search settlement

[Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]]

ALA  site on the proposed Google Book Search settlement:

http://wo.ala.org/gbs/2009/01/28/summary-of-the-google-book-settlement-session-at-ala-midwinter-conference/


".... Courant claimed that the settlement agreement potentially weakens fair use for libraries, since the settlement in effect creates a market for old works, and where there is a market courts are less amenable to fair uses.
He said that even though the settlement claims that fair uses are not affected, on the ground, it really is."

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