Jan F. Constantine – the General Counsel of Authors Guild in the USA was the second on the session called Google, Publishing & Electronic Libraries: Visions, Challenges, Opportunities, Consequences that took place almost in the end of APE 2009. The first thing that Mr. Constantine talked about was the settlement between Google and Authors Guild. He told that GBS (Google Book Search) offers books protected by copyright that could be previewed and bought; books protected by copyright that are out of print but available through preprint and books that are protected by copyright that can be read, downloaded and even printed. Moreover, Jan F. Constantine underlines that users of Google should pay for downloadable PDF files or pay-per-view scheme.
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