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The Google Books Settlement

A Brief Introduction for the ZSR Library

Lauren PressleyDecember 18, 2008

“The Google Settlement - From the Universal Library to the Universal Bookstore” -Paul Courant

History of Google Books

with context!

1996

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/battelle.html

1997

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33049234@N00/433072442

1998

2002

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11127460@N00/1476380120

2003

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/199857832/

2004

2005http://www.flickr.com/photos/91569742@N00/275326348

2006

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39772953@N00/144457380

2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65782757@N00/1517837041

2008

7+ Million Bookshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/85441961

Magazines!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68676385@N00/28406568

http://www.flickr.com/photos/magisterludi/134406718/

September 20, 2005

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/

2005http://www.flickr.com/photos/91569742@N00/275326348

2006

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39772953@N00/144457380

2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65782757@N00/1517837041

October 28, 2008

[The deal is]“breathtaking in scope, groundbreaking for publishers and authors, and trailblazing for intellectual property in general.” -Richard Sarnoff, chairman of the AAP

130+ Pages

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/43454184/

$125M

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21313845@N04/2402698820/

“Where does this leave the role of the publisher? Anyone can publish content now and peer reviewing can take place in an entirely different way.” -Phil Bradley, blogger and library consultant

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/458805152/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobaubuchon/2266418298/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrysti/2438813463/

Book Rights Registry

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11086302@N00/2414864070

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tcmhitchhiker/2435851122/

What Rightsholders Got

“We had a major disagreement with Google about copyright law... We still do, and probably always will.” But he said that the parties had been “able to set those issues aside” for what “may be the biggest book deal in U.S. publishing history.” -Paul Aiken, Author’s Guild executive director

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manfrys/2226178289/

What Google Got

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcb/175222049/

What Americans Got

“Although it is only a US settlement I think it is going to set a precedent or standard worldwide. The business model is going to become a paradigm for everybody.” -Mark Cardin, VP of Mylibrary provider Ingram Micro

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom1231/1140607337/

What LibrariesGot

“This is a service that libraries, because of copyright restrictions, could not offer on their own and goes well beyond what would have been possible, even if Google had prevailed in defending the lawsuit.” -Paul Courant

Library Pricinghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mamabarns/379951706/

Library Types

• Fully Participating: lets Google scan, retains copies, follows security provisions

• Cooperating: lets Google scan, without copies and associated security provisions

• Public Domain: Provides with Google Public Domain works

• Other: Allows scanning without participating in the settlement

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96544444@N00/2250807329

The Research Corpus

Next Actions

• Soon: Registry to begin

• 6/11/09: Court approval

• Rightsholders will have 120 days to opt out (and still, after that)

• Mid/late-2009: Final approval expected

• 2010: Likely to go into effect

“IMHO, this is a good deal that could be the basis for something really fantastic.” -Lawrence Lessig