Public Policy & Legislation
- AAP, Authors Guild, Google Announce Groundbreaking Settlement over Google Book Search Library Project
On October 28, 2008, AAP announced a groundbreaking settlement agreement in the Google litigation that will expand access to out-of-print books online for millions of American readers, allow rightsholders, if they wish, to include in-print books, and will create a mechanism for payments to authors and publishers by establishing a Books Rights Registry. - Publishers Sue Google Over Plans To Digitize Books Google Print Library Violates Publishers' and Authors' Rights
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced the filing of a lawsuit against Google over its plans to digitally copy and distribute copyrighted works without permission of the copyright owners.