Is the Google Books Settlement Evil?

“I think very few authors have any real idea what to do,” says novelist (and former lawyer) Meg Waite Clayton. “I’m resentful that I have to wade through forms to protect my rights. Unless I get a written notice from Random House, I think I’m contractually bound to opt out,” she says. Not so, says Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild: “Publishers were not cutting a deal that would put their in-print authors in violation of ... Full Story »

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It's an issue we need to follow.

Article failed to translate the impact of the decision into concrete terms, like dollars and cents.

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