Head of Copyright Office Criticizes Google Book Deal

In testimony before the House Judiciary subcommittee, Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights, in her first detailed comments on the subject, blasted the Google Book Search Settlement as "fundamentally at odds with the law." In a blistering assessment of the deal, Peters told lawmakers that the settlement is in essence a compulsory license that would give Google the ability to engage in activities, such as text display and sale of downloads, that are "indisputable acts of copyright infringement."

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