Google Book Deal
Google is so big that I think I can spend a day with google.com.For example,I can use Gmail to send email,scan pictures through Google pictures,and read my friends` blogs by Google reader.
We can search many professional articles on Google Book.But it is based on the corporation between Google and the authors.These days Google has a new deal.
Q:Can you give us a short description?
A:Yes.US anti-trust regulators are to investigate a $125m (£76.4m) deal Google has made with book publishers to settle copyright issues, reports say.
Q:What about the deal in 2008?
A:In October 2008, Google reached a deal with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
The search engine agreed to pay $125m to create a Book Rights Registry, where authors and publishers can register works and receive compensation.
Google can also digitise orphan works - works whose rights-holders are unknown. Some fear the settlement could prevent other companies from entering the digital book market. (more…)