Still Concern Over Google Book Deal
The revised settlement between Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers appears to have done little to quell critics concerns with Google's efforts to create the world's largest digital library and bookstore. The Open Book Alliance said the deal fails to address its members' underlying concerns. Google announced the changes late Friday, which it said would address some of the concerns about the settlement by limiting the agreement's international scope, "while at the same time preserving the core benefits of the original agreement: opening access to millions of books while providing rights holders with ways to sell and control their work online."
But the Open Book Alliance's Peter Brantley argued that the revised settlement "remains a set-piece designed to serve the private commercial interests of Google and its partners." The alliance is made up of companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! as well as groups such as the National Writers Union and the New York Library Association. Brantley added that "Google, the AAP, and the AG are attempting to distract people from their continued efforts to establish a monopoly over digital content access and distribution."
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