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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Woot!
On the one hand, googlebooks have been a really useful thing. On the other, the settlement proposed was good for (1) Google, (2) many (not all) authors connected to the Author's Guild, (3) .... ahm, some other authors with out-of-print books that they'd like redistributed but don't want to put forth any effort in that direction.
Was not good for anyone who produced book content that didn't fall under AG's preferred scope, like academic writers/publishers, music/lyrics writers, photographers, children's books authors, non-US authors, orphan-works rightsholders, and more. All of whom would be bound by the agreement if it went through, because the AG claimed they were part of the class being represented.
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it's crazy how these all-encompassing laws come into play. they may be helpful to a majority, in the case the Author's Guild, Google, etc. but to those almost niche categories Elfwreck mentions as not "part of the class being represented" said law does them no good and something drastic has to happen to open up the channels for reformation. Children's books authors getting the short end of the stick?
i do enjoy Google Books, however.