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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Authors Guild defends Google Books settlement; L.A. Times, 6/25/09

L.A. Times; Authors Guild defends Google Books settlement:

"The Authors Guild, which hasn't said much since last fall after it settled its lawsuit with Google over the search company's book scanning project, today issued a statement defending the settlement against recent criticism.

Specifically, the letter by author and Guild President Roy Blount Jr. addresses the topic of orphan books, which are works that are out-of-print and unclaimed by any copyright holders. You can read the entire letter here."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/06/googlebookssettlementauthorsguild.html