This hack of Google Print which is being disseminated around the Web today at the blogospheric velocity allows you to read all (or perhaps all of the significant bits) of books on Google Print. The method seems to be especially effective for reference works.
This would seem to suggest that the market for certain types
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
‘Let Them Sing It For You’
David Post thinks that this tool from Swedish radio named ‘LET THEM SING IT FOR YOU’ is a copyright violation.
Pooh and The Termination Notice
Ninth Circuit decides complex case interpreting copyright termination under the 1989 CTEA (Sonny Bono act). From the decision:
This copyright action arises from a termination notice sent
by the appellant to the appellee, seeking to recapture rights to
various characters created by her grandfather, Alan Alexander
Milne, who authored the “Winnie-the-Pooh” children’s books.
Milne originally
Sony Recalls CDs Due To DRM Problem
Copyfight has exhaustive coverage.
Reading of this incident and thinking of Prof. Lessig’s theory of ‘code is law‘, all I can say is that there are still a few bugs in the system.
Universal Copyright Convention Seemingly Ignored
Patry on Protection of Factual Compilations
Bag and Baggage on Fair Use and Google Print
Denise Howell of Bag and Baggage discusses the Google Print cases and fair use. Chockful of links and comprehensive background materials. Particular emphasis is given to the ‘fifth’ fair use factor – is the copier wearing a black hat or white hat.
Open Content Alliance To Put Digitized Books Online
Via BBC, report on Open Content Alliance (members including Yahoo and Microsoft) intend to make 150,000 digitized books available.
Dave Winer on Google Print
Dave Winer of Scripting News discusses a quote by a Google lawyer defending Google Print, here.