Google book search settlement : implications for Australia
Pappalardo, Kylie M. (2010) Google book search settlement : implications for Australia. [Working Paper] (Unpublished)
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Abstract
In 2005, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Authors Guild (AG) sued Google for ‘massive copyright infringement’ for the mass digitization of books for the Google Book Search Project. In 2008, the parties reached a settlement, pending court approval. If approved, the settlement could have far-reaching consequences for authors, libraries, educational institutions and the reading public. In this article, I provide an overview of the Google Book Search Settlement. Firstly, I explain the Google Book Search Project, the legal questions raised by the Project and the lawsuit brought against Google. Secondly, I examine the terms of the Settlement Agreement, including what rights were granted between the parties and what rights were granted to the general public. Finally, I consider the implications of the settlement for Australia. The Settlement Agreement, and consequently the broader scope of the Google Book Search Project, is currently limited to the United States. In this article I consider whether the Project could be extended to Australia at a later date, how Google might go about doing this, and the implications of such an extension under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). I argue that without prior agreements with rightholders, our limited exceptions to copyright infringement mean that Google is unlikely to be able to extend the full scope of the Project to Australia without infringing copyright.
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| ID Code: | 31879 |
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| Item Type: | Working Paper |
| Keywords: | Google Book Project, Copyright, Google Book Settlement, Fair Use |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES (180000) > LAW (180100) > Intellectual Property Law (180115) |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Law Current > Schools > School of Law |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2010 Kylie Pappalardo |
| Deposited On: | 21 Apr 2010 08:34 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2010 00:27 |
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