Judge In Google Book Settlement Case Says Photographers Are Not Authors http://bit.ly/9rQBP
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/05/judge-in-google-book-settlement-case-says-photographers-are-not-authors/ Thanks to MCN 2009 speaker Paula Holm Jensen for bring this one to our attention! Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG ________________________________________ Nov. 14, 2009 "More from Less: the e-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution" Beyond simply creating a new way of reading, emerging e-Book technologies may present the next big market for museum content. They may slash museum publication and media storage and delivery costs while increasing distribution, with or without affecting licensing fees. A lot of questions hover around the Amazon Kindle, Google Book Search legal issues, the iPhone as a reading device, and the future of mobile reading. What happens when reading becomes device-dependent, and access to books is controlled by proprietary systems? What does the future look like for art books? And what will art books look like in the future? > > A round-table discussion in which we -- museums, archives, and > libraries - can hear from and interact with experts from the > publishing industry
