The document discusses the Google Book Search Copyright Class Action Settlement and analyzes some outstanding issues that were not fully resolved by the settlement. Specifically, it raises concerns about what would happen to assets generated under the settlement, such as the book registry database, if Google or the rights management entity were to fail or be sold. It also notes that the settlement does not address ongoing infrastructure and technology support if current preservation methods become obsolete. Additionally, it argues that more stringent provisions are needed to protect orphan works whose copyright owners cannot be identified or located.
Every success story or great accomplishment begins with the first step - Clarifying our purpose/goals/directions. There are stories which enlightened and drive me. Without goals in life, we are just walking around blindly and led by people who can do us good or harm. In order to feel truly happy and fulfilled, we must enjoy the journey to our planned destinations with our loved ones and right people. In the pursuit of our goals, we must not forget about the resources that we already possessed, commit to give our thanks and be in a state of gratitude always.
Every success story or great accomplishment begins with the first step - Clarifying our purpose/goals/directions. There are stories which enlightened and drive me. Without goals in life, we are just walking around blindly and led by people who can do us good or harm. In order to feel truly happy and fulfilled, we must enjoy the journey to our planned destinations with our loved ones and right people. In the pursuit of our goals, we must not forget about the resources that we already possessed, commit to give our thanks and be in a state of gratitude always.
The Google Book Settlement - and what it means for learners and researchers i...Andy Powell
A brief summary of the issues associated with the proposed Google Book Settlement, particularly as they pertain to UK learners and researchers. This presentation is based on the summary text prepared by Naomi Korn and Rachel Bruce (JISC) available at http://writetoreply.org/googlebooks/.
Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2.docxjasoninnes20
Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015
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Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015
804 F.3d 202 (2015)
The AUTHORS GUILD, Betty Miles, Jim Bouton, Joseph Goulden, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellants, 203*203
Herbert Mitgang, Daniel Hoffman, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Paul Dickson, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Pearson Education, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc., Association of American Publishers, Inc., Canadian Standard Association, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
GOOGLE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
Docket No. 13-4829-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued: December 3, 2014.
Decided: October 16, 2015.
206*206 Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC (Edward H. Rosenthal, Jeremy S. Goldman, Anna Kadyshevich, Andrew D. Jacobs, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellants.
Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C. (Louis R. Cohen, Daniel P. Kearney, Jr., Weili J. Shaw, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington D.C & Daralyn J. Durie, Joseph C. Gratz, Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: LEVAL, CABRANES, PARKER, Circuit Judges.
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
This copyright dispute tests the boundaries of fair use. Plaintiffs, who are authors of published books under copyright, sued Google, Inc. ("Google") for copyright infringement in the United States District 207*207 Court for the Southern District of New York (Chin, J.). They appeal from the grant of summary judgment in Google's favor. Through its Library Project and its Google Books project, acting without permission of rights holders, Google has made digital copies of tens of millions of books, including Plaintiffs', that were submitted to it for that purpose by major libraries. Google has scanned the digital copies and established a publicly available search function. An Internet user can use this function to search without charge to determine whether the book contains a specified word or term and also see "snippets" of text containing the searched-for terms. In addition, Google has allowed the participating libraries to download and retain digital copies of the books they submit, under agreements which commit the libraries not to use their digital copies in violation of the copyright laws. These activities of Google are alleged to constitute infringement of Plaintiffs' copyrights. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief as well as damages.
Google defended on the ground that its actions constitute "fair use," which, under 17 U.S.C. § 107, is "not an infringement." The district court agreed. Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc., 95 ...
Reflections on the Google Book Search Settlement by Pamela SamuelsonPeter Brantley
Professor Pam Samuelson's presentation on the Google Book Search settlement at the OCLC/Kilgour lecture at the University of North Carolina, April 14, 2009. Posted with her permission on April 15, 2009.
The Long Arm of the Law, presentation by Bill Hannay, Schiff Hardin LLPCharleston Conference
You can run, but, really, you can't hide from the long arm of the law. This fact is known to Kenny Rogers -- and to all librarians. For example, many basic library operations are entwined with copyright law, which enables us to make materials available to readers and to provide for long-term access. And copyright is but one of many legal constructs that impacts 21st century library activities and practices. In this digital age, the law is evermore a factor, ensnaring us in the complications of regimes developed largely for the print environment. Today, all are working to develop new "rules" governing a transformed age of content creation, delivery, and sharing. The 2010 Charleston conference presented for the first time an expert session on the "long arm," featuring attorneys who specialize in competition and copyright. Two of them (William Hannay and Lauren Schoenthaler) return this year, now joined by Jack Barnard (University of Michigan), to bring the Charleston audience up to date on leading developments in cases such as Sky River, the Google books settlement (still unresolved), Georgia State (reserves), John Wiley (first sale), and the FTC's investigation of Google. Hear their concerns and insights about electronic price-fixing, orphan works, web accessioning and downloading -- and anything else of importance that can be accommodated in a mere 75 minutes. After the presentations, there will be some time for audience engagement. This session once again promises to be a winner: educational, riveting, challenging, and stimulating.
Open Book Alliance presentation at the European Commission Hearing on the proposed Google Book settlement, placed before the SDNY. Talk limited to 6 minute presentation.
Presentation by Pamela Samuelson (UC Berkeley) explains why the Google Book Search settlement is tantamount to copyright legislation and represents an effort to reform copyright law to overcome difficulties in achieving well-balanced copyright legislation, such as that affecting orphan works. Notwithstanding some benefits that would come from approval of this settlement, there are reasons to doubt whether such a substantial reordering of copyright default rules can or should be accomplished through the class action settlement process.
The Google Book Settlement - and what it means for learners and researchers i...Andy Powell
A brief summary of the issues associated with the proposed Google Book Settlement, particularly as they pertain to UK learners and researchers. This presentation is based on the summary text prepared by Naomi Korn and Rachel Bruce (JISC) available at http://writetoreply.org/googlebooks/.
Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2.docxjasoninnes20
Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015
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Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015
804 F.3d 202 (2015)
The AUTHORS GUILD, Betty Miles, Jim Bouton, Joseph Goulden, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellants, 203*203
Herbert Mitgang, Daniel Hoffman, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Paul Dickson, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Pearson Education, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc., Association of American Publishers, Inc., Canadian Standard Association, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
GOOGLE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
Docket No. 13-4829-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued: December 3, 2014.
Decided: October 16, 2015.
206*206 Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC (Edward H. Rosenthal, Jeremy S. Goldman, Anna Kadyshevich, Andrew D. Jacobs, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellants.
Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C. (Louis R. Cohen, Daniel P. Kearney, Jr., Weili J. Shaw, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington D.C & Daralyn J. Durie, Joseph C. Gratz, Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: LEVAL, CABRANES, PARKER, Circuit Judges.
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
This copyright dispute tests the boundaries of fair use. Plaintiffs, who are authors of published books under copyright, sued Google, Inc. ("Google") for copyright infringement in the United States District 207*207 Court for the Southern District of New York (Chin, J.). They appeal from the grant of summary judgment in Google's favor. Through its Library Project and its Google Books project, acting without permission of rights holders, Google has made digital copies of tens of millions of books, including Plaintiffs', that were submitted to it for that purpose by major libraries. Google has scanned the digital copies and established a publicly available search function. An Internet user can use this function to search without charge to determine whether the book contains a specified word or term and also see "snippets" of text containing the searched-for terms. In addition, Google has allowed the participating libraries to download and retain digital copies of the books they submit, under agreements which commit the libraries not to use their digital copies in violation of the copyright laws. These activities of Google are alleged to constitute infringement of Plaintiffs' copyrights. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief as well as damages.
Google defended on the ground that its actions constitute "fair use," which, under 17 U.S.C. § 107, is "not an infringement." The district court agreed. Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc., 95 ...
Reflections on the Google Book Search Settlement by Pamela SamuelsonPeter Brantley
Professor Pam Samuelson's presentation on the Google Book Search settlement at the OCLC/Kilgour lecture at the University of North Carolina, April 14, 2009. Posted with her permission on April 15, 2009.
The Long Arm of the Law, presentation by Bill Hannay, Schiff Hardin LLPCharleston Conference
You can run, but, really, you can't hide from the long arm of the law. This fact is known to Kenny Rogers -- and to all librarians. For example, many basic library operations are entwined with copyright law, which enables us to make materials available to readers and to provide for long-term access. And copyright is but one of many legal constructs that impacts 21st century library activities and practices. In this digital age, the law is evermore a factor, ensnaring us in the complications of regimes developed largely for the print environment. Today, all are working to develop new "rules" governing a transformed age of content creation, delivery, and sharing. The 2010 Charleston conference presented for the first time an expert session on the "long arm," featuring attorneys who specialize in competition and copyright. Two of them (William Hannay and Lauren Schoenthaler) return this year, now joined by Jack Barnard (University of Michigan), to bring the Charleston audience up to date on leading developments in cases such as Sky River, the Google books settlement (still unresolved), Georgia State (reserves), John Wiley (first sale), and the FTC's investigation of Google. Hear their concerns and insights about electronic price-fixing, orphan works, web accessioning and downloading -- and anything else of importance that can be accommodated in a mere 75 minutes. After the presentations, there will be some time for audience engagement. This session once again promises to be a winner: educational, riveting, challenging, and stimulating.
Open Book Alliance presentation at the European Commission Hearing on the proposed Google Book settlement, placed before the SDNY. Talk limited to 6 minute presentation.
Presentation by Pamela Samuelson (UC Berkeley) explains why the Google Book Search settlement is tantamount to copyright legislation and represents an effort to reform copyright law to overcome difficulties in achieving well-balanced copyright legislation, such as that affecting orphan works. Notwithstanding some benefits that would come from approval of this settlement, there are reasons to doubt whether such a substantial reordering of copyright default rules can or should be accomplished through the class action settlement process.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Safalta Digital marketing institute in Noida, provide complete applications that encompass a huge range of virtual advertising and marketing additives, which includes search engine optimization, virtual communication advertising, pay-per-click on marketing, content material advertising, internet analytics, and greater. These university courses are designed for students who possess a comprehensive understanding of virtual marketing strategies and attributes.Safalta Digital Marketing Institute in Noida is a first choice for young individuals or students who are looking to start their careers in the field of digital advertising. The institute gives specialized courses designed and certification.
for beginners, providing thorough training in areas such as SEO, digital communication marketing, and PPC training in Noida. After finishing the program, students receive the certifications recognised by top different universitie, setting a strong foundation for a successful career in digital marketing.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks