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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Model Language on Library Data Ownership

    In September, Carl Grant wrote a blog post on the ownership of library data ("We have a problem... another vendor appearing to need education about exactly WHO owns library data") that has been rolling around my own thoughts for, well, months. The spark of Carl's post was a Twitter conversation …

     Posted on  November 07, 2012
     and last updated November 08, 2012
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • AIME v UCal Decision Says Streaming Equivalent to Public Performance

    NOTE! The title of this post was updated (replacing "Display" with "Performance") a day after it was originally published. See the update at the bottom of the post for more details.


    Last week a federal district court in California decided in favor of the University of California defendants in a lawsuit …

     Posted on  October 10, 2011
     and last updated October 10, 2011
     ·  6 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: HarperCollins, Google Book Search Settlement, DPLA, Juggling Robots

    It is another e-books issue of DLTJ Thursday Threads with updates on three significant efforts: HarperCollins, Google Book Search Settlement, Digital Public Library of America. And, just for fun and to keep this from turning into purely a legal and blue-sky policy blog, we have a video of juggling robots …

     Posted on  March 31, 2011
     and last updated March 28, 2022
     ·  7 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Google Books Settlement, Cornell on NDAs, Hans Rosling on Literacy

    This week's big news is hard to miss -- we have a decision by the judge evaluating the settlement agreement in the Google Book Search lawsuit. This is probably the first of many follow-ups in DLTJ as this case keeps taking interesting twists and turns. Also of note this week is …

     Posted on  March 24, 2011
     and last updated January 15, 2018
     ·  7 minutes reading time
  • Google Book Search Settlement Rejected

    Google Book Search Ruling Wordle

    Wordle of the Opinion Rejecting the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement
    This afternoon, Judge Denny Chin released the opinion of the court rejecting the proposed settlement agreement between authors/publishers and Google in the Google Book Search settlement. ARL's Public Policy Twitter account seems to have been the first to …

     Posted on  March 22, 2011
     and last updated March 22, 2011
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: OCLC Moves to Dismiss SkyOCLC, UCLA Sued For Streaming, Paving Cow Paths, Origins of #

    This week's Thursday Threads highlights includes two legal cases that bear watching. The first is the case of SkyRiver/Innovative Interfaces versus OCLC (covered on DLTJ previously); now that the case has been moved to OCLC's home court (the federal district court located in Columbus, OH), it is asking for …

     Posted on  December 16, 2010
     and last updated December 16, 2010
     ·  8 minutes reading time
  • A History of the OCLC Tax-Exemption Status

    One of the baffling elements I've found in discussions of the history of OCLC is that of its tax exempt status under Ohio law. The latest example of this comes from documents filed in the SkyRiver/Innovative-vs.-OCLC case that make disparaging remarks about how OCLC got its state tax-advantaged …

     Posted on  October 05, 2010
     and last updated October 06, 2010
     ·  20 minutes reading time
  • Early September Summary of the SkyRiver/Innovative vs. OCLC Case

    On September 9th, OCLC filed its first substantial response with the court to the antitrust lawsuit file by SkyRiver and Innovative Interfaces. And in a motion where OCLC requests a change of venue from the Northern District of California to the Southern District of Ohio — something seemingly mundane — they certainly …

     Posted on  September 18, 2010
     and last updated September 18, 2010
     ·  6 minutes reading time
  • Interesting Google Book Search Settlement Bits in Advance of Thursday's Fairness Hearing

    Thursday will be a big day in the Google Book Search lawsuit settlement: the parties to the lawsuit, along with the objectors, supporters, and friends-of-the-court, will be in the courtroom of United States District Judge Denny Chin offering oral arguments in the final settlement/fairness hearing. In his order, Judge …

     Posted on  February 15, 2010
     and last updated February 16, 2010
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Revised Google Book Search Settlement from a Library Perspective

    Late, late in the day last Friday, the principle parties in the Google Book Search case submitted a revised settlement agreement agreement to the court. This post takes a look at the changes to the settlement from a library perspective. To keep this manageable, I'm not including discussion of library-oriented …

     Posted on  November 18, 2009
     and last updated November 19, 2009
     ·  11 minutes reading time
  • Google Book Search Settlement Hearing Is Likely Postponed

    Late today comes word that the plaintiffs (authors and publishers) and defendant (Google) have asked the court to postpone the settlement fairness hearing originally scheduled for October 7th. According to the memo from the parties supporting the request, the spark for this comes from the U.S. Department of Justice's …

     Posted on  September 22, 2009
     and last updated September 23, 2009
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Comments on Google Book Search Settlement Coming to a Head (Again)

    Ah, it is the beginning of September when thoughts turn to going back to school, the days turn a little colder (in the northern hemisphere) and the smell of lawsuit briefs is in the air. Well, okay -- the latter might not be what you expect, but this is a special …

     Posted on  September 03, 2009
     and last updated September 03, 2009
     ·  4 minutes reading time
  • Interesting Bits in the Univ of Michigan Amendment to Google Book Search Agreement

    On Tuesday, the University of Michigan and Google executed an amendment to the original agreement that started Google's efforts to create a collection of scanned books. The amendment was publicized in a press release by the University of Michigan and described in a page that summarized the changes. That summary …

     Posted on  May 22, 2009
     and last updated May 22, 2009
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Summary of Recent Google Book Search Settlement Activities

    Today was to be the deadline for objecting to, opting out of, and/or filing briefs with the court on the Google Book Search Settlement. That was the plan, at least, when the preliminary approval statement from the court was issued last year. That deadline changed, and that is part …

     Posted on  May 05, 2009
     and last updated May 06, 2009
     ·  4 minutes reading time
  • Library Associations File Amicus Brief for Google Book Search Settlement

    The American Library Association (through the Association's Washington Office and the Association of College and Research Libraries Division) and the Association of Research Libraries filed a brief [PDF] with the court in support of the Google Book Search Settlement while asking the judge to "exercise vigorous oversight" over details the …

     Posted on  May 04, 2009
     and last updated May 05, 2009
     ·  8 minutes reading time
  • Intervention by IA Denied; Deadline for Objections Extended

    New York Judge Denny Chin recently issued two rulings in the Google Book Search settlement. In the first, he ' the request by the Internet Archive to intervene as a defendant in the lawsuit (and thus, presumably, be on firmer founding to guide aspects of the settlement). In his response, Judge …

     Posted on  April 29, 2009
     and last updated April 29, 2009
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • On How Physical and Electronic Differ for Library Materials

    I'm reading the notes from the Atlanta OLE Project regional workshop and right up at the top are these two statements that struck me as insightful. The first gets to the heart of how physical items in a library are different from digital items with respect to library service commitments …

     Posted on  March 12, 2009
     and last updated March 12, 2009
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship

    Earlier this month a group of law schools released a statement promoting open access publishing of law school journals. Called the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship, it was signed by representatives from Duke, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Yale University, Stanford University …

     Posted on  February 22, 2009
     and last updated February 23, 2009
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Google Book Search Settlement and Library Consortia

    The Google Book Search Settlement Agreement includes two points where library consortia come into play: discounts for institutional subscriptions and receipt of digitized books by members of a consortium. The Google Book Search Settlement calls such consortia "Institutional Consortia" and the definition of that phrase and the places in the …

     Posted on  November 25, 2008
     and last updated November 25, 2008
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Preliminary Court Approval of Google Book Settlement; Final Approval Hearing Set

    The Associate Press reported on Monday evening that the court has given preliminary approval to the settlement negotiated between Google and book authors and publishers over the use of copyrighted materials in the Google Book Search Library project. In giving preliminary approval, Judge John E. Sprizzo authorized the publication of …

     Posted on  November 22, 2008
     and last updated November 23, 2008
     ·  4 minutes reading time