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On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Gwern Branwen <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/technology/internet/31google.html > "Two Chinese writers’ groups claim that Google has scanned Chinese > works into an electronic database in violation of international > copyright standards. The organizations are urging China’s authors to > step forward and defend their rights. > > “Google has seriously violated the copyrights of Chinese authors. That > is an undeniable fact,” Chen Qirong, a spokesman for the China > Writers’ Association, said by telephone. The group says it represents > nearly 9,000 writers." > > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afc1cfda-d128-11de-b591-00144feabdc0.html > "Under the new settlement, works will only be included in the > ambitious digital project if they have been registered in the US, or > come from the UK, Australia and Canada – countries which have > “contributed the largest number of English-language works to American > libraries,” according to the parties to the settlement. The > similarities in their legal systems and the structure of their > publishing industries made it appropriate for these countries to be > included, according to the backers of the settlement. > > The changes will mean that 95 per cent of all foreign works will no > longer be included in Google’s digital book archive, said Richard > Sarnoff, chairman of the Association of American Publishers." > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidupedia#Copyright and > http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2007/gb20071113_725400.htm > in case anyone has forgotten.) > > -- > gwern > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
