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<title>Google book scanning suit hits appeals court, no decision reached</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/08/court.examining.merits.of.suit.proceeding.as.class.action.or.individual/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368063844_bookscanner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A US federal appeals court has begun the discussion of whether plaintiffs in the Google e-book digitization project lawsuit should proceed as a class, or as individuals. The Authors Guild is claiming that the Google Books project is, in essence, copyright infringement on a massive scale -- and believes that a class of plaintiffs would squeeze more money out of the search engine giant more efficien...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Publishers, Authors complain over Amazon gTLD applications</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/publishers.barnes..noble.issue.complaints.to.icann/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355947221_icannthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon has received criticism over its attempts to register new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), in complaints sent to ICANN. The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers, and competitor Barnes &amp; Noble have all objected to applications for the suffixes .book, .author, and .read, citing the potential abuse of Amazon's market position in using the new domain endings....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Library contribution to Google scanning declared 'fair use'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/11/ruling.casts.long.shadow.over.google.versus.the.authors.guild.case/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350010991_judgeharoldbaer-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Authors Guild has been dealt a second blow in one week in its legal fight with Google over book scanning. Just days after Google settled with a group of publishers ending one aspect of the battle, Federal Judge Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York has ruled that libraries who have given Google books to scan are protected by the "fair use" doctrine in US copyright law....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Authors group, licensing expert slam DOJ's e-book settlement</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/29/parties.cite.amazon.investigation.bad.doj.market.analysis/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/judgecote-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Court Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, presiding over the Apple e-books pricing settlement case, has granted amici curiae, or friends of the court, status to two opposing parties. Writer's advocacy organization The Authors Guild and licensing expert Bob Kohn have been given permission to file an amicus brief with the court, de...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Authors: Google must pay $750 per book scanned</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/03/over.20.million.books.scanned.payment.would.reach.billions/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344039800_googlescan-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The group of authors suing Google over the search engine's book digitization project has asked a US Federal District Court in New York to force payment of $750 per book it scanned for distribution. The Authors Guild spearheading the suit, led by president Scott Turow, argues that Google's effort does not constitute "fair use" under copyright law....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google to authors: sue us individually, not as a class</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/03/google.seeks.to.remove.two.groups.from.book.scanning.suit/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/judegedennychin-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Search engine giant Google is seeking to have the Authors Guild and the American Society of Media Photographers removed from a half-decade-long lawsuit. In a process that began in February, Google attorney Daralyn Durie informed Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan federal court that authors and photographers would have better individual results on their own. Joanne Zack, the Authors Guild lawyer for the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 23:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple rebuffs DOJ e-book suit, says Amazon was monopoly</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/12/apple.publicly.responds.to.doj.lawsuit/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple after silence through the past two days responded Thursday to the Department of Justice lawsuit over alleged e-book pricing collusion.  Spokesman Tom Neumayr flatly rejected the accusations when asked for comment by AllThingsD, recapping the company's objections to the European Union that the iBookstore was beneficial as it was created.  The iPad-focused store kept Amazon from having excessi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google pushes against class certification in Books lawsuit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/09/individual.authors.drop.away.from.suit/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1112/motoxoom-books2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google is continuing to fight the Authors Guild in a lawsuit aimed at Google Books. After asking the court to remove the Authors Guild from the case, the search giant has submitted another filing that argues against class certification that is necessary to push the case forward as a class action suit on behalf of all copyright owners....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google asks judge to toss non-rightsholders in Books lawsuit</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/motoxoom-books2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google late Thursday put out a motion to toss associations from the publisher lawsuit targeting Google's proposal to get rights for Google Books.  The search giant asked the judge to limit the lawsuit only to those who actually owned copyrights, ruling out groups like the Author's Guild as well as some individual authors and even photographers.  The step would significantly limit the ability of th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Authors Guild pushes for class-action lawsuit against Google</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/13/move.comes.after.negotiations.fail.to.materialize/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/books.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Authors Guild has reportedly asked a New York federal court judge to certify the class of authors in a lawsuit against Google. The move is an essential step in transitioning toward a class-action lawsuit, which will push the longstanding dispute back into the courts after the search giant and trade group failed to reach a settlement agreement....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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