[OPLINLIST] FYI: Copyright and Google

[Frank Atkinson]

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Google Speaks Out on Copyright

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<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/our-approach-to-content.html>

<http://tinyurl.com/s36rf>

 

(26 Sep) The official Google Blog contains a post on the search engine's
mission and how it jibes with U.S. copyright law.

 

"[T]oday only a fraction of the world's information is available online.

Our aim to help organize the world's information and make it universally
accessible and useful means working with a lot of information....

Because we don't own this content, over the years we've come up with three
primary principles to ensure that we respect content owners and protect
their rights...."

 

RELATED: Google in Tussle for Digital Rights Business Week Online, 27
September 2006 ("A Belgian ruling sets the stage for a battle between
publishers and the search giant over who sets the rules for posting
copyrighted

content.")

<http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2006/gb20060927_960729

.htm>

<http://tinyurl.com/mvhgp>

 

RELATED: Copyright Jungle

Columbia Journalism Review, Sep/Oct 2006 (Written specifically for
journalists, the article is an excellent overview of current issues in U.S.
copyright law and how they have an impact on efforts such as Google's book
project.) <http://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/5/Vaidhyanathan.asp>

 

RELATED: Angry publishers stamp on search spiders CNet News, 26 September
2006 ("Publishers around the world are collectively putting their foot down
against search engines in a new global initiative to regain control of their
content.") <http://news.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029694,49283872,00.htm>

<http://tinyurl.com/ky78b>

 

RELATED: British Library calls for digital copyright action CNet News, 25
September 2005 ("The British Library has called for a 'serious updating' of
current copyright law to 'unambiguously' include digital content and take
technological advances into account.")
<http://news.com.com/British+Library+calls+for+digital+copyright+action/

2100-1025_3-6119043.html>

<http://tinyurl.com/koujz>

 

 

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