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Though copyright law predates the Internet, case law has been
established regarding the indexing of copyrighted material,
and it has come out in favor of the indexer. Publishers who
have issues with Google's Print for Libraries project may end
up with little more than hurt feelings.
Editor's note: Google is receiving legal
support for Google Print. Will this affect the way they index
these collections? Discuss at WebProWorld.
Late in 2004, Google made a surprise announcement about an incredibly
ambitious project to digitize and index millions of published
works, with the aid of Stanford University, the University of
Michigan, Harvard University, Oxford University, and the New
York Public Library. The project was/is expected to cost upwards
of $200 million over at least 10 years.
 The
entire text of books considered to be public domain and out
of copyright will be scanned and made available online. For
copyrighted material, the books will be scanned, and snippets
will be made available structured around search terms with links
to where the book can be checked out or purchased.
The publishing community, who had already signed up for Google
Print for Publishers where snippets of copyrighted material
were indexed for preview purposes, felt somewhat betrayed by
Google as the Library project appeared to be sneaked in along
side the Publisher program.
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Two major publishers, the Association of American University
Presses (AAUP) and the Association of Learned and Professional Society
Publishers (ALPSP), sent letters
to Google asking them to stop the project as digitizing entire works of
literature was a fundamental violation of copyright and would, in their
opinion, hurt publishers and writers financially.
"…News of Google Print for Libraries came as a complete
surprise. It had not been mentioned by Google representatives during
any of the discussions they were having with our members, and Google's
subsequent explanations of Google Print for Libraries have only
increased that confusion and transformed it into mounting alarm and
concern at a plan that appears to involve systematic infringement of
copyright on a massive scale," read a letter written by Peter Givler on
behalf of AAUP.
Technically that's correct, Google has not received explicit
permission or paid to reproduce the material. Instead, the search
engine has gone through the 5 selected libraries which have given
permission to digitize all or some of their collections. Though Google paused
the project in August to negotiate with publishers, scanning is slated
to continue this autumn with publishers having the option to de-list
themselves from the project.
Google, as well as critics of the publisher groups, has argued
that the Library project will only help to increase exposure and book
sales. Publishers say that is yet to be seen, that no one has the right
to copy entire texts without permission, that the implications of
allowing Google to do so would pave the way for others to do the same,
that they're not convinced the system is secure, and that privacy issues (involving cookies and the Patriot Act) remain unresolved.
But all of these objections from publishers may yield little in court because of case law and Fair Use guidelines.
As this copyright analysis
from Jonathan Band goes to great lengths to explain, ArribaSoft v.
Kelly is one precedent ruling Google's legal team could use in its
favor. In this case, image search engine ArribaSoft was cleared of
accusations brought about in a lawsuit by a photographer who claimed
indexing his copyrighted images was a violation of copyright law. The
ruling that ArribaSoft was protected under four separate provisions of
Fair Use was upheld in two separate courts.
Here are some of the key rulings in that case:
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The company's experimental wireless network in San Francisco
can be accessed with a new VPN tool.
There's a new piece of software available for Google fans who
use the company's wireless connectivity in the Bay Area. A virtual
private network tool called Google
Secure Access lets users install and utilize an encrypted
connection to Google WiFi.
Downloading the tool will also prompt users to install the optional Google Toolbar. Once installed, the application secures the wireless connection by encrypting traffic transmitted over-the-air.
Encrypted traffic will be sent through Google's servers, similar
to how traffic moves when using Google's Web Accelerator. Since
that practice will likely draw the interest of privacy activists,
Google has disclosed the practice in their FAQ and suggests
a review of its privacy
policy.
In the policy, Google directly states that all traffic "will pass through Google's gateway servers" when the VPN client is used. In the FAQ, Google notes what it will and won't log:
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Google
Continuous Update
Howdy folks. I hope everyone is having a great week. Fear not
Rah fans, he should be returning here shortly; perhaps as early
as Thursday. In today's WPW highlight, poster iain
has some questions about Google's method of updating their search
index. Because Google acknowledged they are updating constantly,
some wonder what the announced backlink and PageRank updates
are all about.
If you have any information that can help iain out, please drop
by and let him know. That's all I have until Thursday, where
either Rah or myself will be back for more.
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Google
Continuous Update
A couple of questions about the 'sticky'
that explains how Google does its updates these days:
1) If Google is updating its results continuously and doesn't
'dance' anymore, why does it need to do a backlink update? Aren't
the links updated as part of the continuous updates? What exactly
is the net result of a backlink update, if the SERPS are updated
continuously?
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