Google Book Search Reaches A Settlement with the Publishers

Posted on 08 September, 2009 | 1 Comment

Google Book Search is a controversial tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, converts to text using optical character recognition, and stores in its digital database.

Google began scanning and digitizing millions of books in 2002, with the simple and audacious idea of creating the library of all libraries by converting every book ever published into an e-book that can be indexed, searched, read — and sold — online. In 2005, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers sued, citing copyright infringement.

The parties settled in 2007, with Google winning the right to scan, display, advertise alongside and, in some cases, sell millions of books, unless their copyright owners decide to opt out.

The settlement would give Google legal cover for uses of so-called orphan works, whose copyright holder can’t be found.

That would give Google a significant advantage over potential rivals, since they can’t get the same protection unless they get sued themselves Free online viewing of pages from books covered under the settlement Use of the Institutional Subscription.

Schools or other institutions that sign up for subscriptions will be able to authenticate users based on the user’s or the institution’s IP address, or using other technologies that allow Google to confirm that a user is part of a subscribing institution without knowing who that user is.

Use of Public Access Service terminals in public libraries. Users will not need to register with Google to use these terminals.

Google will receive IP address and cookie information that may identify internet connection or browser, but not the actual user.

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