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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The latest twist in the ongoing settlement talks between Google and book authors is that yesterday, the judge in the case denied an attempt by photographers to become part of the settlement. In the decision (embedded below), Judge Denny Chin basically ruled that photographers are not authors, and that the settlement only covers "word-based material," with the exception of illustrations...
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SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Erick Schonfeld submits: The latest twist in the ongoing settlement talks between Google ( GOOG ) and book authors is that Wednesday, the judge in the case denied an attempt by photographers to become part of the settlement. In the decision (embedded below), Judge Denny Chin basically ruled that photographers are not authors, and that the settlement only covers “word-based material,”...
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FREELANCE RIGHTS (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Kenneth Crews, director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, has a useful scorecard of bullet points we should be reading closely in the revised Google Books settlement. Settlement 2.0 is scheduled for submission shortly to U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin. See Crews' blog post "Getting Ready for November 9," http://copyright.columbia.edu/google-books-getting-ready-november-9...
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Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Hon. Noel Brennan Epilogue Representation for Immigrants: A Judge’s Personal Perspective Hon. Denny Chin ARTICLES Disclosure, Deception, and Deep-Packet Inspection: The Role of the Federal Trade Commission Act’s Deceptive Conduct Prohibitions in the Net Neutrality Debate Catherine J. K. Sandoval The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Stealth Procedures and the Erosion of Stare Decisis in the Federal...
