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Google Books has been the source of much controversy for Google over the years and the problems aren't gone just yet, despite the company having reached an agreement more than a year ago with the author and publisher groups with which it was in litigation over the service. After delays and concerns from governme... |
14 November 2009
04:10 GMT |
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The Google Books saga is getting dragged on for a few more days as the deadline for presenting a revised settlement deal was pushed back until Friday. Google and the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, the two parties involved in the five-year-old lawsuit, said they would have a new settlement i... |
10 November 2009
05:10 GMT |
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Google Books may be getting all of the attention because of the high-profile lawsuit and the subsequent settlement involving it, but, in the meantime, the service is continuing to evolve and it's important to remember that it's not just about the books. Google has been focusing on magazines more lately and ... |
6 November 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Google has been getting a lot of heat with its Books project but it hasn't stopped it from going ahead with another book-related project, this time a lot less controversial. Originally announced earlier this year, Google has now revealed more details about the upcoming Editions service, which will allow users to... |
15 October 2009
11:28 GMT |
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Google held a press conference in New York, with CEO Eric Schmidt and cofounder Sergey Brin covering most of the big issues affecting the company right now, namely its cloud strategy with Chrome and Chrome OS and other aspects regarding its products but also broader subjects concerning the search giant and the market... |
8 October 2009
03:16 GMT |
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The controversial Google Books settlement is officially dead, at least in its current form. Heavily criticized by a number of organizations and competing companies, the deal that would have given Google carte blanche to scan and sell out-of-print books without the explicit consent of their authors has now been delaye... |
25 September 2009
06:18 GMT |
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Google Books manages to stay in the news for two very different reasons. One is that it's one of the search giant's most controversial products, stirring up a lot of attention from government officials, competitors and all manner of organizations. The other reason is that Google is always adding new feature... |
24 September 2009
08:52 GMT |
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Despite some glaring, legal issues surrounding its Google Books project, the company is as determined as ever and keeps on pushing the product with new features and better exposure. The latest move in this direction is the new “books” filter in the Search Options panel Google introduced earlier this year.... |
21 September 2009
11:22 GMT |
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The Google Books settlement is looking a lot less likely to be approved by the court, now that the US Department of Justice has reached a conclusion on its investigation launched this summer. The DOJ will oppose the settlement in its current form and will ask the court to reject it. Google and the other parties invol... |
19 September 2009
06:43 GMT |
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Today, September 16th, 2009, could be remembered as the day computers started manipulating humans and taught themselves to read. By acquiring reCAPTCHA, a renowned spam filter used on the Internet for more than two years, Google has breathed new life in its Google Books project. As the official Google blog states, ... |
17 September 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Not exactly known for its forward thinking or fast response and adapting to current needs, the European Commission is looking to make the necessary changes to copyright law in anticipation of the further digitization of the world's libraries. In light of the Google settlement with authors and publishers in the U... |
8 September 2009
04:47 GMT |
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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 ... |
7 September 2009
09:02 GMT |
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With the discussion surrounding Google's settlement with book publishers and authors heating up and its competitors banding together against the deal, Google is also stepping up with an update on the Privacy Policy for Google Books. Google previously said it was unable to provide a more thorough policy, due to t... |
4 September 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Despite all the setbacks and resistance, Google Books is notching victory after victory. Having secured a partnership with Sony to provide more than one million public domain books to its e-book store just recently, Google has managed to strike another deal, this time with the British company Interead, to supply the ... |
2 September 2009
08:52 GMT |
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Just as Google is making another claim for openness by releasing over a million public domain books in the open ePub e-book format, the company is bracing for some heavy battles defending the settlement it signed with publishers and authors to sell out-of-print books through Google Books. The unlikely alliance reveal... |
27 August 2009
06:41 GMT |
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Google has always been an advocate of open standards and for good reason. Open standards are good business if you know how to take advantage of them and the software giant certainly has a talent for that. And now, despite still being one of the company's most controversial projects, Google Books has started offe... |
27 August 2009
02:49 GMT |
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One of Google's most controversial projects, Google Books, is facing increased opposition and some major players and competitors like Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon are banding together to stop the approval of a settlement deal that allows the search giant to provide and sell copyrighted books that are out of print... |
21 August 2009
05:21 GMT |
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Google Books is about to score another victory, this time in France. It looks like when the search giant sets its sights on something nothing will stand in its way, be it publishers, competitors and even national pride. After four years of resistance the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) is very close to ... |
19 August 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Google may be getting portrayed as the bad guy by some regarding its Google Books project with fears and even accusations of monopoly and other negative comments, but it is trying to be as open as possible, be it because of the undergoing DOJ investigation or out of genuine good intentions. In any case, it's tak... |
14 August 2009
04:23 GMT |
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkley, has sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, arguing that Google Books should provide at least the same level or privacy for readers as libraries and bookstor... |
27 July 2009
06:07 GMT |
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One of Google's most controversial products, Book Search, may be getting unwanted attention from the US Department of Justice and some less than appreciative words from some of its competitors but development is going ahead as planed. Just recently the company announced a major update bringing better search and ... |
3 July 2009
07:21 GMT |
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Google Books has made the headlines mostly with the controversy surrounding the project rather than with the product itself. But this hasn't stopped the search giant from improving it and it has just announced a major update adding some very useful features. “Today I'm excited to announce that we�... |
19 June 2009
08:05 GMT |
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