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Podcast: The Google Books Settlement

By Robert J. Ambrogi

Is <a href="http://books.google.com/">Google Books</a> the greatest-ever collection of human knowledge or a massive infringer of copyrights? A lawsuit brought by authors and publishers said it is the latter. In 2008, the Authors Guild and Google reached a settlement of that lawsuit, but the settlement requires the approval of the court. Recently, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in New York held a hearing on the proposed settlement, which has garnered voluminous feedback both pro and con.<br /><br />This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the Google Books litigation with two guests: <a href="http://james.grimmelmann.net/" target="_blank" title="Professor James Grimmelmann">James Grimmelmann</a>, associate professor at <a href="http://www.nyls.edu/" target="_blank" title="New York Law School">New York Law School</a> and a member of its <a href="http://www.nyls.edu/centers/harlan_scholar_centers/institute_for_information_law_and_policy" target="_blank" title="Institute for Information Law and Policy">Institute for Information Law and Policy</a>, and <a href="http://www.policybandwidth.com/" target="_blank" title="Attorney Jonathan Band">Jonathan Band</a>, a technology law and policy lawyer in Washington, D.C. <br /><br />Also in this week's episode, we are joined by Lee Ann Enquist, vice president of <a href="http://west.thomson.com/products/professional-dev/default.aspx" target="_blank" title="West Professional Development">West Professional Development</a>, to discuss the new partnership between <a href="http://westlegaledcenter.com/home/homepage.jsf" target="_blank" title="West LegalEdcenter">West LegalEdcenter</a> and Legal Talk Network by which you can <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2010/03/listen-to-lawyer2lawyer-earn-cle-credit.html">earn CLE credit for listening</a> to Lawyer2Lawyer or any of the LTN podcasts.<br /><br />Download or stream <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2010/03/the-google-books-settlement/">this week's Lawyer2Lawyer</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958829-8723285038074152275?l=www.legaline.com%2Flawsites.html' alt='' /></div>

Full post as published by Lawsites on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).