Intellectual property law is good. Excess in intellectual property law is not. This blog is about excess in Canadian & international copyright, trademarks, patent & related law. I have practiced IP law with prestigious firms & successfully acted for interveners in several Supreme Court cases. I've also been in government & academe. My views are purely personal. Nothing on this blog should be taken as legal advice. My email address is hknopf@gmail.com.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Kahle on Google Book Settleemnt
Brewster Kahle, who is the founder and director of the quite amazing Internet Archive, and has somehow managed not to be sued himself as far as I know, has come out explicitly opposing the Google Book Settlement, especially because he believes that it will give Google a monopoly on the exploitation of orphan works. He believes that courts should prevent and not confer monopolies and wants to see legislation instead.
Read this for sure in today's Washington Post.
HK
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