Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:25 PM/EST
With all the privacy concerns (and antitrust questions) surrounding the Google Book Search settlement, I was slightly surprised to see Viviane Reding, the EU commissioner for Information Society and Media, back the Google Books deal. Meanwhile, professors from the esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University supported the Google Book Search plan in papers.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:44 PM/EST
Google is really getting hammered for its Google Book Search project, essentially a monumental effort to organize the world's books online and make money from them. If Google is getting tested over this book search deal, expect a rocky ride for the company as it goes forward under the current administration.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:23 PM/EST
Google is putting its book search technology to good use by allowing Sony to distribute more books for free. Financial details of the deal between Google and Sony were not divulged, but what matters is that more than half a...
Monday, January 26, 2009 10:35 AM/EST
Another writer has stumbled upon the notion that Google has the potential for monopoly power, citing the search giant's Google Book Search settlement. Google's power continues to grow, and it's detailed, wide-eyed illumination from folks like Darnton who will footnote federal antitrust lawsuits versus Google in the future.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:46 AM/EST
Google agreed to pay $125 million to put millions of books online.
Monday, December 04, 2006 2:42 PM/EST
Yahoo's refusal to cooperate follows a similar refusal by Amazon, which argued that Google's request is overbroad and concerns proprietary information.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:19 AM/EST
Google's strategy: Demonstrate to the courts that Amazon's Search-Inside-the-Book relies on the same full book scanning process that Google Book Search does.
Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:46 PM/EST
The schedule for Author's Guild v. Google has been pushed back about six months. Summary judgement deadlines are now scheduled for January 2008. That's 2008, as in "won't Google own the world by then?