The International Publishers Association (IPA) and PEN USA have issued a joint declaration condeming Google Library (October 20, 2005). The online version is an image file and I don't have time to rekey any of it. The basic complaint is similar to that of the Authors Guild and AAP: permission is required for this kind of copying. The joint declaration does not assert that the project will harm sales.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/29/2005 08:27:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
