The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement - by Pamela Samuelson from Huffington post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-samuelson/the-audacity-of-the-googl_b_255490.html
From my first reading, this settlement has the potential to have negative impact on OA. This settlement - as i understand it - can bring in tons of unclaimed /non-propreitary works into google revenue streams. I am keen to know what others think.
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