LLRX.com - Band, Jonathan

A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:21:18 -0700

Jonathan Band's article outlines the settlement’s provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. The settlement is extremely complex (over 200 pages long, including attachments), so this paper of necessity simplifies many of its details.

Features - The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:23:00 -0700

The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate

American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy Brief, January 2006

By Jonathan Band

BMG Music v. Gonzalez

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:09:03 -0700

Matt Schruers and Jonathan Band comment on a recent opinion addressing the fair use implications of Internet file-sharing by end users.

Features - The Authors Guild v. The Google Print Library Project

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The Authors Guild v. The Google Print Library Project

By Jonathan Band

Kirtsaeng v. Wiley

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:20:16 -0700

What if you had to ask permission before selling, lending, or even giving away your books? On October 29, 2012 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons, a case that could change the way we own everything from books to watches. Brandon Butler and Jonathan Band discuss how libraries, who own books, movies and other copyrighted works on behalf of the public could be hit especially hard by this decision.

A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:08:05 -0700

On March 22, 2011, Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement in copyright infringement litigation over the Google Library Project. Judge Chin found that the settlement was not "fair, reasonable, and adequate" as required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Judge Chin issued the decision over a year after the fairness hearing he conducted. His opinion agrees in large measure with the objections to the settlement asserted by the U.S. Department of Justice at the hearing and in its written submissions. This paper by Jonathan Band continues the series in which he discusses the opinion and where it leaves Google Books Search.

Justice Stevens Invented the Internet

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:26 -0700

With the announcement that Justice John Paul Stevens will resign from the Supreme Court at the end of this term, Jonathan Band and Matt Schruers focus on one of his opinions that has had a direct daily impact on virtually all Americans: the majority opinion in Sony v. Universal, decided by the Supreme Court in 1984. This decision is the legal foundation of the Digital Age.

A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:33:37 -0700

On Friday, November 13, 2009, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers filed an Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) in the copyright infringement litigation concerning the Google Library Project. The amendments proposed by the parties are designed to address objections made by the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders to the original proposed settlement agreement. This paper by Jonathan Band describes the ASA's major changes, with emphasis on those changes relevant to libraries.