Comments on: SFWA statement on proposed Google book settlement

By: D. Juliano

D. Juliano — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:55:23 +0000

Mass piracy, with no regard to copyright, and its okay because they can pay out? This is a congressional issue, no, it is an issue for all of the human race. The actions and outcomes of this will speak forever to come. This is the face of a radical change and a complete slight of the laws and fundamental principles of civility. We are talking about the keystone of human intellect and knowledge: our books, our sacred writings, our sum of knowledge. The ability for a single company, unregulated by government or the people that created it, to hijack information at this scope is frightening and earthshaking. This should be stopped and thoroughly debated in and out of government, considered with world leaders around the globe, and planned carefully, as it will severely impact the future of the written word, not just economically, but in unforeseen ways that we can not even begin to speculate about.

By: File 770 » Blog Archive » SFWA Joins Strange Bedfellows Against Google Settlement

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:30:47 +0000

[...] Science Fiction Writers of America issued a press release in August listing its objections to the settlement, among [...]

By: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Joins Open Book Alliance | Free Press Release

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:47:39 +0000

[...] myriad, as we indicated in our public statement issued on August 8th, 2009, which can be read at http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/sfwa-statement-on-proposed-google-book-settlement, among them: AKPC_IDS += "19850,";Popularity: unranked [...]

By: Open Book Alliance

Open Book Alliance — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:02:53 +0000

[...] The SFWA issued a public statement on August 8, which detailed the organization’s myriad concerns with the settlement. It can be read here. [...]

By: Opt out of Google Settlement by Sept 4 « Ashley Grayson Literary Agency Blog

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:50:43 +0000

[...] already carefully determined that you need to opt in, the prudent course is to opt out. The Science Fiction Writers of America now recommends that members opt out and has a readable summary from the author’s perspective [...]

By: lunch hour links for writers – 9/2/09 « helluo librorum

lunch hour links for writers – 9/2/09 « helluo librorum — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:28:04 +0000

[...] organizations and individuals have filed objections or issued statements of opposition, including SFWA, the National Writers’ Union, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Open [...]

By: Google Books Settlement. | Robert N. Lee.com

Google Books Settlement. | Robert N. Lee.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:03:44 +0000

[...] Lake’s in no danger of having his writing deemed “orphan” and neither is anybody else in the SFWA, really. Again, anything published after 1976 is copyrighted the moment you put anything to paper. [...]

By: Writer’s Meet-up notes 8-13-09 « What Have We Learned?

Writer’s Meet-up notes 8-13-09 « What Have We Learned? — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:13:57 +0000

[...] and asking about copyright later. Few other writer’s organizations like it, including the Science Fiction Writer’s Association and the National Writer’s [...]