tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post589775182694766097..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Google Books and the EUDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-51538463843192085392009-05-06T11:58:00.000+01:002009-05-06T11:58:00.000+01:00The BA is not really a very influential body - the...The BA is not really a very influential body - the PA has more clout. It will be interesting to see what stance the PA eventually takes on this issue. So far it has said that it <A HREF="http://www.publishers.org.uk/en/home/pa_in_the_media/index.cfm/mid/103062AB-21E3-4AE7-AC32572CA50A403F" REL="nofollow">welcomes</A> the Book Settlement.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-10390536970626560332009-05-06T10:33:00.000+01:002009-05-06T10:33:00.000+01:00The Booksellers' Association (BA) in the UK have a...The Booksellers' Association (BA) in the UK have also been discussing this, as Juan Flores points out in his DN article. Their take on events can be found at:<br /><br />http://www.thebookseller.com/news/70656-ba-hits-out-at-google-deal.html<br /><br />The key question is simply whether one commercial body has the right to, in effect, monopolise a huge section of bookselling. In Britain too, Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com