{"id":6285,"date":"2009-07-24T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2009-07-24T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T16:16:18","slug":"google-library-project-preliminary-settlement-%e2%80%93-being-scrutinized-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/07\/google-library-project-preliminary-settlement-%e2%80%93-being-scrutinized-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Library Project Preliminary Settlement \u2013 Being Scrutinized Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"googlr\"We are used to the Recording Industry Association of America aggressively litigating against individuals and organizations, trying to impede copyright infringements of musical works through peer-to-peer networks and\/or other file-sharing technologies. \u00a0The original Napster was converted to a pay-based music subscription service years ago and, more recently, Kazaa did the same.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In light of the heated litigation in the music distribution industry, it was not surprising, by analogy, that Google quickly caught the attention of the Author\u2019s Guild (AG) and Association of American Publishers (AAP) when Google started a massive book-scanning initiative and made the content electronically available over the Web. \u00a0This project, known as the Google Library Project <\/a>(sometimes referred to as \u201cGoogle Book Search\u201d and formerly known as \u201cGoogle Print\u201d) led to numerous lawsuits soon after its inception. \u00a0After fighting for a few of years over copyright issues, Google reached a preliminary settlement with the AG and AAP for $125 million and also by establishing a royalty registry. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The preliminary settlement has already caught the attention of numerous critics, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). \u00a0The DOJ was inundated with public comments, questioning whether the settlement would give Google monopolistic rights to distribute, for example, numerous out-of-print books.\u00a0 The DOJ has not formally opposed the settlement, but has started investigating what effects the settlement may have on competition.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
A few days ago, public scrutiny of the terms of the Google Library Project preliminary settlement was extended beyond the U.S. borders. \u00a0The European Commission (EC) is proactively requesting comments from European Union (EU) authors and publishers, arranging a meeting between EC representatives and EU authors and publishers early in the fall. \u00a0During that meeting, the EC hopes to discuss the terms of the preliminary settlement, presumably to evaluate how an analogous settlement in the EU might impact copyrights, as well as antitrust considerations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Although Google\u2019s Library Project continues to grow, there are certainly a lot of remaining issues to resolve.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are used to the Recording Industry Association of America aggressively litigating against individuals and organizations, trying to impede copyright infringements of musical works through peer-to-peer networks and\/or other file-sharing technologies. \u00a0The original Napster was converted to a pay-based music subscription service years ago and, more recently, Kazaa did the same. \u00a0 In light of 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