Those in favor of the Google Books legal settlement have started airing their views in public over the last week or so. As linked via the Automat, we’re collecting a number of those pieces here for interested readers. Today Oxford US president Tim Barton has the longest and most nuanced piece of what he dubs the “Good Book Settlement”–only it’s currently behind the paywall at the Chronicle of Higher Education. (We’re told it should be available more broadly soon.) He balances what the settlement offers while acknowledging some of its flaws: “It can and should be improved. But after long […]
