House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers on Wednesday unveiled his witness list for a Thursday hearing on competition and commerce in the digital book industry. The hearing comes on the heels of considerable controversy over Google's plan to digitize mass quantities of libraries' stacks. A New York federal court has scheduled a fairness hearing for Oct. 7 on the $125 million settlement Google reached in a feud with authors and publishers. Amazon.com, Microsoft, Yahoo and others have protested Google's project.
Witnesses include:
• Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond
• National Federation of the Blind President Marc Maurer
• Authors Guild Executive Director Paul Aiken
• University of Chicago law professor Randal Picker
• Amazon Vice President Paul Misener
• Consumer Watchdog John Simpson
• Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters
• Center for American Progress Senior Fellow David Balto
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Sheenfeathy
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Candy
Whats wrong with digital books? As long as the people that create them get paid? The government has alot of work to do especially get out of debt. I work for a custom doors store and I love to read my digital book while im on break, it saves time and space to not have a ton of book to drag around.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Danielle
I think that people should be able to sell digital books as long as the authors are payed for thier work. I work in the consumer report industry and let me tell you that many people have bigger fish to fry. I guess they are concerned with illegal copies or reproduction.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Mike Cane
And not a single WRITER in the lot. That's it -- eveyone but the PROPERTY OWNER gets to speak. Our government at work. (No, the Author's Guild doesn't count. They got us IN this mess!)