From The Chronicle of Higher Education
A Copyright Expert Who Spoke Up for Academic Authors Offers Insights on the Google Books Ruling
By Marc Parry
Pamela Samuelson played a lead role in voicing academic authors' concerns over the Google Books settlement. That advocacy made an impact: Judge Denny Chin cited her writing in his ruling rejecting Google's deal with authors and publishers, who were represented by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
In an interview with The Chronicle on Wednesday, Ms. Samuelson, a copyright expert and professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley, shared her take on what the judge's decision means—and where we go from here....