Posted by Derek Slater, Policy Analyst blogged about how the Google Book Search settlement agreement will expand access to books for readers in the United States. We recently took another important step forward, when the University of Michigan announced an expanded agreement with Google that will take advantage of the settlement to expand public access to millions of works from the University's collection.Out of Print Books libraries’ collections , the majority of which may be in copyright but are out of print. These books would ordinarily be hard to access, and one of the principal benefits of the settlement agreement is that it allows people to search, preview, and purchase access to them.notification program already underway.Orphan Works clarify their copyright status .explained our views to the Copyright Office on this subject over four years ago, and it will remain one of Google's priorities to work to pass effective orphan works legislation.
Can you also do this for "out of print" and orphaned movies, music, video games, etc...?
ReplyDeleteHow will Google be ensuring these books are accessible to the blind as you mention the blind PH.D candidate? Please clarify.
ReplyDeleteCurrently, one other organization, Bookshare.org, has made their reading material accessible for the Deaf-Blind people who cannot use voice and depends on Braille display and large print. My question is:
ReplyDeleteWill Google follow the same model as Bookshare in making the reading material acceptable to all people, including the deaf-blind people? Thank you for your time.