Comments on: SFWA joins Open Book Alliance http://www.sfwa.org/2009/09/sfwa-joins-open-book-alliance/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Tue, 14 May 2013 14:54:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: SFWA joins Open Book Alliance « Part-Time Policy Wonk http://www.sfwa.org/2009/09/sfwa-joins-open-book-alliance/#comment-572 SFWA joins Open Book Alliance « Part-Time Policy Wonk Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:23:43 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=3439#comment-572 [...] the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: The Open Book Alliance announced today that the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America [...]

]]> By: Alan S. Petrillo http://www.sfwa.org/2009/09/sfwa-joins-open-book-alliance/#comment-561 Alan S. Petrillo Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:47:27 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=3439#comment-561 I find it ironic that this alliance is suing Google on the grounds of practicing monopolistic behavior, when two of its members, Micro$oft and Amazon, are two of the internet’s biggest practitioners of monopolistic behavior. I’m all in favor of protecting authors’ rights, less so about protecting publishing companies’ rights, but any alliance which includes both Micro$oft and Amazon is immediately suspect in my book.

A reread of /Melancholy Elephants/, by Spider Robinson would be in order.

]]> By: ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Joins Open Book Allianc http://www.sfwa.org/2009/09/sfwa-joins-open-book-alliance/#comment-531 ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Joins Open Book Allianc Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:36:02 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=3439#comment-531 [...] From the Article: The Open Book Alliance announced today that the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has joined the coalition of librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers, and technology companies dedicated to countering the proposed Google Book Settlement. [...]

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