Google UK has sought to clarify its position with the Google Print project, saying it is taking an entirely different approach in Europe....Rabin Yaghoubi, strategic partner development director in Europe, told IWR in an exclusive interview that the company believes it is acting completely legally in the US, under the laws of fair use. “But we want to make it clear that in Europe we are only scanning library works that are in the public domain and pre-1900”. The Google Print project is divided into two strands – a Publisher Partner programme and a Library Partner programme. The latter has involved seven libraries, with just Oxford’s Bodleian Library outside the US. Google is talking to other libraries in Europe to join the programme. “The library project will be of enormous use to authors and publishers. More than 85% of works are out of print, and it will make this knowledge available to researchers.” He said the two programmes deliver different results pages for searches in Google Print. “On Publisher pages there will be links to e-commerce sites, while the Library pages will have links back to the library, which will drive people to these libraries.” There will be no ads shown on pages from the Library programme.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/18/2005 10:31:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
