EC Digitization Report: Stronger Rules for Google Books
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"The European Commission released a report today on Europeana, the E.U.’s digital library project, that made a number of recommendations designed to strengthen and grow the project with an eye towards creating a single public portal through which users could access Europe’s cultural heritage in a digital format. Specifically, the report called for a more than 50% reduction in the duration of the exclusivity deals that Google signs with libraries, from 15 years to 7 years...."