Germans don't mess around. When they don't like something, they don't like it -- and they do something about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/technology/internet/24books.html
The New York Times reports on the Growing European Opposition to the Google Author Settlement --
"In Britain, where many publishing houses have close ties to the United States, publishers have avoided open confrontation with Google.
But some British publishers have objections and are working with Google on issues like how to determine whether a book is out of print, which comes up when books are still widely available in Europe but no longer in the United States.
Some are also concerned about a lack of European representation on the Book Rights Registry, a panel that is supposed to collect and distribute revenue from Google’s book sales in the United States to authors and publishers.
In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain, opposition to the settlement is more vocal.
The German government has hired an American law firm, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, to submit a friend-of-the-court brief opposing Google."
Somehow I think Germany should write their own Amicus (friend of the court) Brief, instead of hiring American ghost writers. I'd prefer something I could read while eating Bratwurst and drinking Heifenwizen. Books, brats, and beer is something I could really get behind.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/technology/internet/24books.html
The New York Times reports on the Growing European Opposition to the Google Author Settlement --
"In Britain, where many publishing houses have close ties to the United States, publishers have avoided open confrontation with Google.
But some British publishers have objections and are working with Google on issues like how to determine whether a book is out of print, which comes up when books are still widely available in Europe but no longer in the United States.
Some are also concerned about a lack of European representation on the Book Rights Registry, a panel that is supposed to collect and distribute revenue from Google’s book sales in the United States to authors and publishers.
In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain, opposition to the settlement is more vocal.
The German government has hired an American law firm, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, to submit a friend-of-the-court brief opposing Google."
Somehow I think Germany should write their own Amicus (friend of the court) Brief, instead of hiring American ghost writers. I'd prefer something I could read while eating Bratwurst and drinking Heifenwizen. Books, brats, and beer is something I could really get behind.
The British pansies need to up their game. Tea and crumpets is not going to cut it.
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