Samuelson Takes the Case Against the Google Book Search Settlement to the Masses

UC Berkeley law prof Pamela Samuelson is taking her critique of the Google Book Search Settlement to the masses in a series of articles in The Huffington Post. OK, maybe not the masses, to the readers of ...

The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement, August 10, 2009. ("Sorry, Kindle. The Google Book Search settlement will be, if approved, the most significant book industry development in the modern era.")

Why is the Antitrust Division Investigating the Google Book Search Settlement? August 19, 2009 ("My concerns about the competition-policy consequences of the settlement center on the market for institutional subscriptions. ... A monopoly over institutional licenses would allow Google to charge monopoly rents. Even if it doesn't plan to do this immediately, Google may come under pressure to do so over time because BRR [Book Rights Registry] has to agree on the price of institutional licenses. Publishers and authors registered with BRR may think they deserve ever higher returns.")

Check The Huffington Post for Samuelson's next article, "Google Wouldn't Price-Gouge, Would It?" See also LLB's earlier post, Samuelson on the Google Book Settlement. [JH]