美國眾議院司法委員會 Google Book Settlement 聽證會

上週美國眾議院司法委員會(House Judiciary Committee) 有一場 Google 圖書和解方案聽證會，有興趣的人可以看看下面的影片。

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) addresses concerns of copyright issues and antitrust implications of the deal between Google and its partners:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntvLufUcig

part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U1GAcYxoO4

Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights, questions whether the entire settlement itself encroaches upon Congress’ responsibilities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckuBinJcU9g

Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) shares his opposition for the settlement by pointing out that the public interest is not being served by this private deal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ri9aj54R50

Paul Misener of Amazon.com talks about Google getting an “opt-out” monopoly, something that no other company would get as part of this settlement, and that it is simply just not true that this is a non-exclusive deal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9BfAq_njw

這些影片都是 Open Book Alliance 提供，應不是所有的聽證會內容，所以不曉得有沒有不同的聲音。