Here We Go Again! The Revised Google Book Settlement by Barbara Quint, Newsbreaks (Nov 23)
Barbara Quint finds that on closer examination, "the revised settlement seems to reveal that the changes from the original settlement are not as major as some coverage has indicated. Instead, the changes are meant more to clarify and/or render explicit policies, procedures, product features, and rightsholder options already in place."
But one of those clarifications is over foreign works - non US.
"Works not published in the U.S. must have been "published by January 5, 2009 and either were registered with the U.S. Copyright Office by that date or their place of publication was in Canada, the United Kingdom (‘UK'), or Australia.""
That could exclude about 50% of digitized books.
There will be a Books Rights Registry with a board of representatives from the author and publisher communities including author and publisher representatives from Australia, Canada, and the U.K.
As for money - "The revision also adds three potential new revenue models-print on demand, file download (formerly PDF download), and consumer subscription. These three new options join the institutional subscription model in the original settlement agreement. ."
Posted by Gwen at November 23, 2009 03:56 PM