The Google Books
Settlement
&
The Life Photo
Archive

Life Photo Archive
Lauren Pressley
December 18, 2008

✦ http://images.google.com/hosted/life
✦ Google search: “source:life”

The Google Books
Settlement
A Brief Introduction for the ZSR Library
Lauren Pressley
December 18, 2008

“The Google Settlement - From the
Universal Library to the Universal
Bookstore” -Paul Courant

History of Google Books

with context!

1996
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/battelle.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33049234@N00/433072442
1997

1998

2002
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11127460@N00/1476380120

2003
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/199857832/

2004

2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91569742@N00/275326348

2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39772953@N00/144457380

2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65782757@N00/1517837041

2008

7+ Million Books
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/85441961

Magazines!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68676385@N00/28406568

http://www.flickr.com/photos/magisterludi/134406718/

September 20, 2005

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/

2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91569742@N00/275326348

2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39772953@N00/144457380

2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65782757@N00/1517837041

October 28, 2008

[The deal is]“breathtaking in scope,
groundbreaking for publishers and
authors, and trailblazing for
intellectual property in general.” -
Richard Sarnoff, chairman of the AAP

130+ Pages
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/43454184/

$125M
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21313845@N04/2402698820/

“Where does this leave the role of the
publisher? Anyone can publish content
now and peer reviewing can take place
in an entirely different way.” -Phil
Bradley, blogger and library consultant

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/458805152/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobaubuchon/2266418298/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrysti/2438813463/

Book Rights Registry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11086302@N00/2414864070

What Rightsholders Got
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tcmhitchhiker/2435851122/

“We had a major disagreement with
Google about copyright law... We still do,
and probably always will.” But he said
that the parties had been “able to set
those issues aside” for what “may be
the biggest book deal in U.S. publishing
history.” -Paul Aiken, Author’s Guild
executive director

What Google Got
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manfrys/2226178289/

What Americans Got
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcb/175222049/

“Although it is only a US settlement I
think it is going to set a precedent or
standard worldwide. The business
model is going to become a paradigm
for everybody.” -Mark Cardin, VP of
Mylibrary provider Ingram Micro

What Libraries
Got
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom1231/1140607337/

“This is a service that libraries, because
of copyright restrictions, could not offer
on their own and goes well beyond what
would have been possible, even if
Google had prevailed in defending the
lawsuit.” -Paul Courant

Library Pricing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamabarns/379951706/

Library Types
• Fully Participating: lets Google scan,
retains copies, follows security provisions
• Cooperating: lets Google scan, without
copies and associated security provisions
• Public Domain: Provides with Google
Public Domain works
• Other: Allows scanning without
participating in the settlement

The Research Corpus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96544444@N00/2250807329

Next Actions
• Soon: Registry to begin
• 6/11/09: Court approval
• Rightsholders will have 120 days to
opt out (and still, after that)
• Mid/late-2009: Final approval
expected
• 2010: Likely to go into effect

“IMHO, this is a good deal that could be
the basis for something really
fantastic.” -Lawrence Lessig