National Writers Union Joins Open Book Alliance
The Open Book Alliance keeps growing; today, we are excited to welcome the National Writers Union to the effort. The NWU press release can be found here.
There are now 11 academic, professional, and industry organizations that have united to inform policy makers and the public about the serious legal, competitive, and policy issues the settlement proposal presents.
The NWU is the nation’s only labor union and advocacy organization for freelance writers in all genres, media, and formats. In addition to print media writers, NWU represents electronic writers and editors of blogs, Web sites and e-newsletters. The NWU is affiliated with the United Auto Workers (UAW), which is a member of the AFL-CIO.
NWU president Larry Goldbetter said…
“Google’s book scanning project is one the largest cases of copyright infringement since the United States Constitution was adopted in 1789. The multibillion-dollar corporation scanned more than seven million different books without permission from the copyright owners. In an attempt to placate its victims, Google is throwing some crumbs to writers. It’s a bad deal. Along with the other members of the Open Book Alliance, the National Writers Union wants to promote a fair alternative to the proposed settlement.”
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Google Books and writers’ rights…
Writers and publishers (including self-publishers) of “books” including out-of-print-books (and actually including many magazines, journals, chapbooks, ephemera, etc.), have until 4 September 2009 to decide what to do about a proposed settlement of m…
sorry, but you are blind…
I have not read a book since the 15 years I’m on internet…
so,have that in mind.
writed books are useless, may be they are not, but they are, for sure, to expensive for now, as it is for music.
Try to find a way, don’t goes against Google, because they are the only medium who can make me read a book .
not you, sorry, but you do nothing, so, please, do something , or shut up, but don’t loose your forces to complain …
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“National Writers Union” implies this site is just for one country… or is this a worldwide effort? I am new to this site, so am curious.
Today is the deadline for amicus briefs against the Settlement between Google and the Author’s Guild. Big Think reviewed one such amicus brief presented to the U.S. District Court at the end of August.
Here is the post on BigThink!
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