Thursday, September 17, 2009

More Dispatches from the Google Books Front

- Peter Brantley at the Open Content Alliance lays out some suggested principles for mass-digitization projects.

- Google CEO Eric Schmidt says to critics of the Settlement: what's your solution?

- Publishers Weekly notes that the judge in charge of overseeing the settlement has said that the 7 October hearing will proceed as scheduled, and that more than 400 filings relating to the Settlement have been received. The Justice Department has until tomorrow (18 September) to file its findings with the court.

- Bloomberg News reports that the parties to the settlement are currently in talks with the Justice Department about possible changes to the Settlement.