[A2k] O'Reilly: "Why Kindle Should Be An Open Book" [or die within 2-3 years if it sticks to autism]

[Claude Almansi]

Thank you, Pranesh, and thanks to Meredith, if she reads this, for the
great post. I'm now grappling with the settlement itself, being one of
the thousands (?) of people possibly affected by it outside US
(several of my late husband's texts may be present in libraries
scanned by Google and appear as "orphaned" due to our numerous moves).

Meredith's post says:
"Legally: If you=E2=80=99re a rights-holder (as many at the meeting were),
file to make a statement before the court. Rights holders can file
amicus briefs or interventions (representing any party whose interests
were not included in the settlement but should have been)."

What about us non US people theoretically covered by the settlement
but who do not like it, don't have legal training and can't afford
lawyers' fees for something that is really more a matter of principle
than a potential source of revenue that would cover legal expenses?

Best

Claude



On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh@cis-india.org> w=
rote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 15:37, Claude Almansi <claude.almansi@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> (1) By the way, did someone record yesterday's KEI brown bag about the
>> Google settlement?
>
> Meredith Filak has put up a good post on Peter Brantley's talk on the KEI
> staff blog:
> http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/04/10/peter-brantley-google-books/
>
> Cheers,
> Pranesh
>