Dave, thanks for the other side of the story. I hope this gets resolved quickly, but i'm afraid it might be in the courts for a while. Copyright, which protects owners rights to profit (is that accurate?) is such a complex issue - I saw a great presentation that talked about the potential damage of over use of copyright that can lead to lack of discoveries built on previous ideas. Siobhan
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dave Pentecost Sent: Tue 10/4/2005 3:34 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Business Week story on Digital Divide I recommend a glance at Larry Lessig's opinion on this. It's not so clear that Google is in the wrong. There is a case to be made for fair use. And Google would not be providing the entire texts, only excerpts. Read and see what you think: http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003140.shtml Best Dave On 10/4/05, Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of these big ideas that Google and Yahoo have about making > everything available have to also follow copyright rules. Right now, > what that means is a big mess. > siobhan > > Copyright lawsuit challenges Google's vision of digital 'library' > Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor > 09/26/2005 > http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0926/p03s01-ussc.html > > (LOS ANGELES) Book publisher Lisa Grant recently got an e-mail from > Google Inc. - the $90 billion Internet search engine. > > "Hello, Lisa, we understand that you have some concerns about your books > being potentially included in the Library Project," it said, referring > to Google's well-known bid to digitize the book collections of major > libraries, including those at the University of Michigan, Harvard, > Stanford, and Oxford. The idea: scan all or portions of those > collections to make the texts searchable on the Internet for users > around the world. > > "As you already aware," said the notice, explaining a step-by-step > procedure, "you can easily exclude books from the Google Library > Project." > > The interchange goes to the heart of a lawsuit filed in federal court in > New York last week against Google and its Google Print Project. Brought > by the 8,000- member Authors Guild, the suit seeks damages and an > injunction to halt Google's project, claiming it violates copyright > because authors have not first given permission to use their works. > > Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS > Community Outreach Liaison > National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region > Creighton University Health Sciences Library > 2500 California Plaza > Omaha, NE 68178 > 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) > http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital > Divide Network Profile) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenan > Jarboe > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DDN] Business Week story on Digital Divide > > Business Week is running a story on what tech companies are doing on > the Digital Divide: Help for Info Age > Have-Nots - > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005104_6877_tc > 024.htm > > It includes a mention of the MIT $100 computer, among other > things. It also stresses the need to go beyond the one-size-fits-all > solution. One of the projects I found most interesting was the > "Bookmobile" part of Yahoo's Internet Archive project: > The project will do more than just give everyday Internet users full > access to some of the world's classic works, says Internet Archive > founder Brewster Kahle. In addition to being available online, the > digital books will be included on all of the archive's "Bookmobiles" > -- Internet-enabled trucks that print and bind books on demand for > the poor and underprivileged. > Kahle says those trucks, which have been deployed as far away as > Egypt and Uganda, are just the beginning. Using this print-on-demand > technology, "we want every school, and every neighborhood library to > be a million-book library," says Kahle. > As I have tried to stress, its not about the technology - its about > access to information and communications. After all, we don't call > it the Internet economy, we call it the information economy. > > Ken > > > > Kenan Patrick Jarboe, Ph.D. > Athena Alliance > 911 East Capitol Street, SE > Washington, DC 20003-3903 > (202) 547-7064 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.AthenaAlliance.org > http://www.IntangibleEconomy.org > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > -- The Daily Glyph http://www.gomaya.com/glyph Usumacinta http://www.gomaya.com/dams Cell 917 312 9733 _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
