Die Open Book Alliance hat ihre Vorstellungen zum Google Books Settlement in einem Brief an den US Congress zum Ausdruck gebracht. Wie könnte/sollte die Zukunft von Massendigitalisierungen aussehen?
- Open Process: Only an open and deliberative conversation in Congress will appropriately weigh the concerns of all stakeholders and create bright-line laws that apply equally to all consumers, companies and stakeholders.
- Public Interest: Any successful digitization effort must not be exclusive to a single for-profit company as a result of legal arrangements delivering unfair monopoly. It also must uphold the rights of authors and copyright.
- Public Guardian: To ensure the widest participation by content holders and greatest public benefit, the digital book database should be entrusted to a neutral, civic, not-for-profit organization. Respected librarians, like Harvard’s Robert Darnton, have suggested a public guardian that is a not for profit or public sector library, such as the Library of Congress. In a similar vein, the governments of France and the Netherlands have entrusted public institutions with the administration of digital libraries.
Quelle und weiterführende Informationen:
- http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2010/01/open-book-alliance-appeals-to-congress-in-google-book-settlement.html
- http://www.openbookalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OBA-Congressional-Letter-FINAL.pdf
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