December 2011
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Chapter 2 Must End.
THE END IS NEAR!
THE END IS NEAR!
THE END IS NEAR!
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THE END IS COMING.
JANUARY 4TH. STAY TOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEED.
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March 2010
2 posts
Les modèles de plateformes du livre numérique - La... →
Kinds of models of eBook distribution.
Google débouté à Paris : la condamnation sera bien... →
February 2010
6 posts
Google Book Settlement Hearing Could Be a Marathon... →
hot off the presses. reading this now.
Our Digitally Undying Memories - The Chronicle... →
Quick Takes: 3 Colleges Strike Deal With U.S. Not... →
O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference... →
Wish I could be in New York to spy on this.
Digital Publishing: Looking at the Business Model... →
Google Book Settlement Falls Short For Justice... →
Just posted 7 hours ago. So come read your fresh hot news!
January 2010
32 posts
Google To Begin Scanning French Library’s Classic... →
Tax Google! France Considers Ad Revenue Tax To... →
European laws present challenges for Google Books... →
Op-Ed Contributor - A Library to Last Forever -... →
From the pen of Brin.
Comment Google Books s'est imposé dans la... →
Very important and clarifies key issues.
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG: Google... →
A Lyon, la bibliothèque pactise avec Google sans... →
AFP: La BNF n'exclut pas un accord avec Google... →
French PM backs BNF Google plan |... →
Google bruises Gallic pride as national library... →
Panlibus » Blog Archive » Survival with the... →
“Google”
– Panlibus » Blog Archive » Interesting developments at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Why I'm opting-out of the Google Book Settlement |... →
recently published.
Brave New World: Bibliotheque Nationale de France... →
Good blog to follow.
Chronicle of Higher Ed - "Google a Disaster for... →
For the Love of Culture →
Lessig in The New Republic talking about the Google Books Settlement. Likely a helpful read.
The Apple Paradox: How a Company That’s So Closed... →
French 3 Strikes Group Unveils Copyright... →
This is not about GOogle books, but pretty fun to post anyway.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/European-librar... →
Views from Australia circa April, 2005 on the France vs. Google (then Europe vs. Google) book digitalization projects.
European librarians march against google - The... →
All in English. The article is from 2005.
Language Log: News flash: European national... →
Gaullism and the BNF. This is an excellent contextual piece. My favorite is the “plan calcul” connection.
Jean-Noel Jeanneney's Critique of Google: Private... →
Older articles on Jeanneney’s writing.
L'ex-directeur de la BNF dénonce les discussions... →
Bits and pieces I am putting together a little after the fact, but still apropos. Jeanneney’s thoughts on Google and BNF.
Comment Google Books s'est imposé dans la... →
Articles I missed in 2009.
Le Figaro - High-Tech : La BNF se laisse séduire... →
More info on the BNF and Google.
French Politics: The BNF Is Talking to Google →
This is late but relevant.
Key Author Estates, Formerly Resistant, Now... →
This is not shocking news. However, it does help to note this as a follow-up to previous posts concerning the Author’s Guild and Google.
December 2009
18 posts
Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves — Is... →
I know that there’s strong case law support for what Google and Yahoo do with displaying snippets of news stories. Unless the only worthwhile thing Murdoch’s news outlets produce is snippets and headlines, than traffic will be driven to Murdoch’s websites if a person wants the whole story.
Excuse me - wait a minute. Hold up. Why did I even just write the above line? Murdoch is...
Google Talks Transparency, But Hides Surveillance... →
I think the key point here is that no other similar company shares this information either. I am not sure if I am ready to jump on the “Google is evil” bandwagon in this scenario. Google’s response to the COPA request a while back shows that the company has reason to keep its data from the government when possible - it needs to protect its precious algorithm.
New private French scanning project | TeleRead:... →
I don’t think this is the Google Killer. Nonetheless, I am curious why a private company is stepping in when the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF - and sorry I don’t remember where to find my accent marks!) has handed over scanning projects to Google, and also it seems the publicly funded European digitization effort has fallen on hard times. Curious.
Library groups ask DOJ for active supervision of... →
Yes! This is awesome. Please do this DOJ!! Why didn’t this happen BEFORE I turned in my paper for the semester. Nevertheless, as the Google Book Settlement is making major changes to copyright practices within the space of a settlement case (read: non-democratic), at least letting these groups sit at the table for negotiations might help make the Google Book Settlement something that could...
The Conversation Continues: Key Voices 2009 -... →
Publishers Weekly - key voices in the Google Books Settlement debate.
Contrat Google/Bibliothèque de Lyon : l’ombre d’un... →
Still need to translate this a bit better. Still - digitalization, law, France, libraries, and Lyon. That’s what I have so far.
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“Criticism that hands down sentences sends me to sleep; I’d like a criticism of...”
From Liz Losh via Siva Vaidhyanathan →
In French - Google and MSN →