Google dealt itself a powerful piece of the future in the proposed settlement of the “Google Books” case in 2008.
The plaintiffs, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, permitted Google to pay itself to build a proprietary technology infrastructure for a “Book Rights Registry”. This effectively creates a single purpose author’s society, but one that grants licenses to one user – Google. While nominally “non exclusive”, there’s little incentive for competitors – a formidable position. Let’s have a look at how Google is set to own the Digital Book. [more...]
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