HTTP:: Google Books Makes Several Concessions for Europe
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Google Books has been getting a lot of attention in the US lately, most of it unwelcome, but it is also raising concerns on the other side of the Atlantic, though for slightly different reasons. Authors and publishers in Europe are worried that books published and commercially available in the Old Continent could be sold as out-of-print books in the US. However, Google is trying to soothe those worries, clarifying that books that are currently on sale in Europe will be sold as “commercially available†in the US as well. “European authors and publishers whose books have been scanned from an American library may benefit from the new revenue that will come as American readers discover and purchase their books. They can register with the new registry to control and profit from online access to their books, or, just like American authors, they can choose to opt out,†Daniel Clancy, engineering director at Google, wrote. “But no readers outside of the United States wi!
ll reap the benefits American readers will see â€" because the agreement is under U.S. law.†The heart of the issue is the settlement between Google and a number of authors and publisher organizations in which Google can scan and sell copyrighted, but out-of-print, materials without the express authoriz...
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