More on the Google Settlement

[Naomi Hirahara]

Here's a webinar with intellectual property attorney Jonathan Kirsch:

http://ondemand.nice2meet.us/?log_key=brianseminar-1-af48_e642739ef...

Also Publishers Weekly reports that the deadline to opt-out may be extended from May 5.

[I. J. Parker]

Thanks. This whole business boggles the mind and nothing perhaps more so than the fact that Authors' Guild seemed more interested in getting a bit of money (60.00 per book stolen) back to authors than in stopping them cold. Or the fact that some agents (mine among them) actually believed that Google would be a beneficial force in publicizing the book. According to my information, you can stay in the settlement but limit Google's use of your books significantly. I have done so.

[I. J. Parker]

I see today that the Justice Department is investigating the Google deal under anti-trust laws. I hope the find against it.

[Jon Loomis]

Seems like a no-brainer: what they're doing is clearly illegal--and the Author's Guild has no standing to negotiate for anyone who isn't a member and hasn't authorized them to do so.

[Christopher Valen]

Thanks Naomi for the link. Excellent information. I see that the opt-out date has been extended to 9/4/09.

[Chris Hamilton]

Thanks for posting this. It was very, very useful.