tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post6171058561156142229..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Orphans and FoundlingsDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-55026164364044580502009-05-05T21:26:00.000+01:002009-05-05T21:26:00.000+01:00I see that in Dagens Nyheter for 5th May 2009 ther...I see that in Dagens Nyheter for 5th May 2009 there is an article about this Google copyright business. At:<br /><br />http://www.dn.se/dnbok/googles-bokprojekt-blir-eu-fraga-1.858932<br /><br />Note the different approach: the German publishers' association was critical of Google; the Swedish publishers' association sat on the fence, leaving it to individuals to decide for themselves.Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-7688878355967309132009-04-30T10:43:00.000+01:002009-04-30T10:43:00.000+01:00The article, David gegen Googliath, is here.The article, David gegen Googliath, is <A HREF="http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~E4F1FCE07C3A942D6B9A78B5E49D802C0~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-71979393595201511842009-04-30T10:36:00.000+01:002009-04-30T10:36:00.000+01:00Concern about the Google Book Settlement is spread...Concern about the Google Book Settlement is spreading to Europe. In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for 29th April 2009 journalist Hannes Hintermeier has written an article starting with the sentence "Die Widerstand kommt spät, aber er kommt". While I'm not sure that the journo or proofreader got his gender for the word "Widerstand" right, the rest of the article suggests that resistance is Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-15455420132246167202009-04-29T10:56:00.000+01:002009-04-29T10:56:00.000+01:00Orphans raise various issues:
1) If the "orphaned...Orphans raise various issues:<br /><br />1) If the "orphaned" books in U.S. libraries are written by foreign authors, will Google still be able to digitalise them, under present arrangements?<br /><br />2) I wonder how EU antitrust laws and U.S. ones mesh on this issue. Because even if two or three U.S. companies are doing the digitalising, this still points to a U.S. monopoly. In other words, ifEric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com