From Publishers Weekly: Artists and Photographers Sue Over Google Book Search
The suit makes many of the same allegations made by publishers and authors, charging ongoing and willful copyright infringement
-- Library Journal, 04/08/2010
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In the latest twist in the Google Book Search settlement saga, graphic artists and photographers today filed a class action suit in a federal court in New York claiming Google's book-scanning and display infringes the copyrights of artists and photographers.
The suit, which seeks "monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief," comes weeks after a contentious, daylong fairness hearing on the Google settlement, and months after Judge Denny Chin, now deciding the fate of that settlement, denied a request by the artists to join the $125 million class action settlement as a party. While photos and illustrations not explicitly licensed or in the public domain are not included in the Google Book Search settlement, and are not displayed, that exclusion of visual artists and their works formed the basis of this latest, not unexpected, suit.
For the full story, see "Artists and Photographers Sue Over Google Book Search" on the Publishers Weekly site.
Also see April 2009 LJ coverage of comments by Victor S. Perlman, general counsel and managing director, American Society of Media Photographers.
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