Conference on Google Book settlement

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By Paul Biba

New York Law School is holding a three day tutorial/conference on the settlement on October 8, 9 and 10. Here is the gist:

* A keynote conversation between Paul Courant and Pamela Samuelson.

* Tutorial sessions on Thursday, October 8 to provide background on how the settlement works and the issues have been raised around it. (3 New York Nontransitional CLE credits available.)

* Full conference on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10 for in-depth discussion of Google’s scanning project, the lawsuit, and the proposed settlement.

* Panels on the litigation, publishing, book culture, the public interest, orphan works, and antitrust.

* Settlement insiders, prominent critics, academic experts, public-interest advocates, and visionary futurists brought together in a spirit of open dialogue.

* An interdisciplinary conversation between lawyers, technologists, librarians, and thinkers from a wide range of disciplines.

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