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Google Book Search March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement (Diagram)

March 4, 2010 18:00

Just Released.

Here's a well done "info rich" diagram (it's cool too!) developed by Jonathan Band and released by the Library Copyright Alliance. If the chart sorta/kinda reminds you of NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets, that's the concept. However, you'll not find b-ball pairings here but rather some of the potential paths (more are possible) that the Google Book Search case could take going forward.

Access the Diagram (PDF)

Jonathan Band Writes:

[This] chart attempts to diagram some of the possible paths forward. Notwithstanding the complexity of the chart, it does not reflect all the possible permutations. For example, it does not mention stays pending appeals nor whether litigation would proceed as a class action. Moreover, the chart does not address the substantive reasons why a certain outcome may occur, e.g., the basis for Judge Chin accepting or rejecting the settlement. And it doesn't begin to address the issue of Congressional intervention through legislation. In short, the precise way forward is more difficult to predict than the NCAA tournament. And although the next step in the GBS saga may occur this March, many more NCAA tournaments will come and go before the buzzer sounds on this dispute.

Access the Diagram (PDF)

The diagram was designed by Tricia Donovan from ARL.

Source: Library Copyright Alliance
ALA, ARL, and ACRL are Members


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