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Content / e-booksMajority of Young Readers Still Use Libraries
Some 80% of Americans ages 16-29 have read a book in the past year, and 6 in 10 say they have used their local public library, according to a survey report released today by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
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Copyright
Unintended Consequences In the HathiTrust Case
Digitization proponents and library advocates hailed the October 10 decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case as an unequivocal, emphatic victory for fair use.
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Copyright
Google Scanning Is Fair Use Says Judge
In a major ruling, Federal judge Harold Baer this week tossed the Authors Guild case against the HathiTrust. In granting the HathiTrust’s motion for summary judgment, Baer ruled that that the scan program was a clear fair use under the the copyright law.
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Copyright
Publishers Settle Google Books Lawsuit
The Association of American Publishers and Google’s agreement last week to settle the publishers’ long-running litigation over Google’s library scanning program put an end to the lengthy and expensive suit, but without resolving any of the underlying copyright and fair use issues. The main component of the deal: copyright owners with books scanned by Google under its library program can choose to “opt out” of the program and have their books removed. Of course, that settlement condition is something Google has offered copyright owners with books in the program all along.
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Content / e-books
Penguin, 3M E-Book Pilot 3M Goes Live
Library vendor 3M announced that its library e-book pilot with Penguin has gone live.
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Content / e-books
ALA Officials Ask for 'Equitable Access to E-books at Fair Prices'
ALA president Maureen Sullivan explained the basis of her open letter on e-books, published this week, noting that the patience invested by librarians in the ALA leadership over the last year has worn thin with no progress on the issue.
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Content / e-books
OUP, Library Groups Strike Innovative Print/Digital Deal
Oxford University Press (OUP) has struck a deal with the Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI) and the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) that will deliver monograph content via its University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) e-book program as well as a “shared collection” of print copies of all 2012 published scholarly works.
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Publisher News
AAP 'Disappointed' By ALA Open Letter on E-Books
The Association of American Publishers has issued a response criticizing an open letter recently published by the American Library Association on the e-book issue.
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Copyright
Going Public
Talks between librarians and publishers are set to continue this week on the long-simmering e-book issue, including an AAP-sponsored discussion featuring ALA president Maureen Sullivan on September 27. Frustrated by a lack of progress, however, and in some cases regression, on the e-book issue, ALA officials are taking their case beyond the boardrooms, directly to their patrons and supporters. In an open letter obtained by PW, ALA president Maureen Sullivan raises the stakes in the e-book debate, asking readers: “which side will you be on.”
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Content / e-books
Macmillan Poised to Test Library E-book Model
As big six publishers and librarians prepare for more meetings this week in New York, Macmillan officials confirmed to PW that they have developed a pilot project that would enable e-book lending for libraries—a potentially major development. However, details of the pilot remain undisclosed.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Bigger, and Better: Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 Preview
It’s almost here, the publishing industry’s annual literary Oktoberfest: the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year’s edition officially kicks off on October 10, with more than 150,000 professional visitors representing some 7,500 companies and 110 countries expected to gather to trade rights, network, and participate in an energetic, forward-looking professional program. And despite difficulties both within the industry and from a lingering global fiscal crisis, the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair is poised to have one of its best turnouts in years.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Briefcase 2012: What the American Agencies Are Bringing to the Fair
At this year’s publishing pow-wow in Germany: John Banville channels Raymond Chandler; Daniel Woodrell explores a 1929 American bombing; Michael Pollan gets elemental; Elif Batuman tries fiction; and Lionel Shriver goes to Iowa.
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Content / e-books
Google Rolls Out Update to the Google Play Books App
Google announced that is rolling out a host of new features to the Google Play Books App, including a “translation” tool for readers “making their way through books in foreign languages."
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Content / e-books
Back to the Drawing Board: Bob Kohn Files Another Comic Brief in DoJ Case
Unhappy that the court ignored his previous comic strip amicus brief, attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn doubled down, once again filing his response to the DoJ’s opposition as a comic strip.
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Content / e-books
Apple, Publishers Subpoena Amazon in Price-Fixing Class Action
If you thought the DoJ settlement process was contentious, the litigation now heating up in the class action lawsuit will likely take things to a new level.
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Content / e-books
DoJ, Publishers Urge Court to Deny Kohn’s Attempt to Intervene in Settlement
In its motion opposing attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn’s motion to intervene in the deal between the government and three publishers, the U.S. Department of Justice said it knows Kohn is against the recently approved price-fixing settlement.
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Content / e-books
With DoJ Settlement Approved, Pre-Trial Skirmishes Begin for Non-Settling Parties
Following the approval of the DoJ’s price-fixing settlement earlier this month, last week saw filings from Penguin and Apple that make clear a key strategy for the non-settling parties: putting Amazon on trial.
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Copyright
Appeals Court Grants Stay of Google Proceedings
In an order filed Monday morning, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay, with the consent of the parties, in the Authors Guild vs. Google case until after it issues its decision on Judge Denny Chin’s May 31 ruling granting the case class action status.
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Copyright
Publishers Appeal 'Flawed' Decision in GSU E-Reserves Case
The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades.
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Copyright
AAP, SIIA Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Key First Sale Ruling
In separate amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court last week, both the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and the Software and Information Industry Association of America (SIIA) argue that the doctrine of first sale does not apply to foreign-made works.
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