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Show Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 1-4, 2008 ~'••>'"••• • • • . . . . . . . I . . . Authors, publishers settle suit against Google and imminent harm publishers -are but over the past year, they have suffering ... due to Googlels willful softened. During the*year, entire AP National Writer (copyright) infringement to further works have been maae viewable and even downloadable for free, NEW YORK (AP) - Eager to its own commercial purposes." including Charles Bock's novel, The settlement expands the cool the debate over copyrighted "Beautiful Children," and works by amount of text to be scanned, text online and anxious to make Paulo Coelho and Neil Gaiman. some money, Google and the pub- makes it available for free online at The court is expected to rule on the lishing industry announced Tuesday "designated" libraries, available for agreement by next summer. that they have settled their three- subscription for colleges and uniSince emerging as the Internet's year legal battle over the Internet versities, and allows readers to pay for full online access of copyrighted most influential and profitable comgiant's book search program. pany, Google has fended off a variUnder an agreement reached by works. ety of claims alleging that some of Google is to contribute $125 milGoogle, the Authors Guild and the its success has been on built the lion, including about $34.5 million Association of American legally protected work of others. Publishers, librarians and the public for a nonprofit Book Rights News organizations have either Registry that will store copyright will have an easier time tracking filed lawsuits or threatened legal down millions of out-of-print information and coordinate pay- action against Google for including books. At the same time, Google ments. Google will also pay for the snippets of and the book business will have copyright stogreater opportunities for online sales. This may be the biggest book deal ^l e s on its sitea J "We're trying to create a new ' Companies in publishing history." structure where there will be more have also sued access to out-of-print books, with Google for sell- Paul Aiken, Authors Guild ing benefits both to readers and the right to researchers and to the rights holdshow advertiscexecutive director ers of those books - authors and _^__^^^___ merits tied to a publishers," Richard Sarnoff, chair• ^ ™ ^ ^ ^ ^ ™ " ™ trademarked man of the publishers association, term entered millions of copyrighted books into its search engine. In 2005, The said Tuesday in an interview. "This is an extraordinary accom- already scanned - $60 per com- Associated Press and Google displishment," Paul N. Courant, uni- plete work to the rights holder - agreed on intellectual property versity librarian for the University and for the legal fees of the Authors issues, but were able to reach an of Michigan, said in a statement. "It Guild and publishing association. amicable business solution in will now be possible, even easy, for Any sales, subscription and adver- January 2006. Google still faces an even bigger anyone to access these great collec- tisement revenue that • occur tions from anywhere in the United through the search program will be copyright battle over its popular divided 63 percent and 37 percent, video-sharing site, YouTube. States." respectively, between the copyright Viacom Inc. is seeking at least $1 Under the Google Print Library holders and Google. billion in damages in a lawsuit allegProject, snippets from millions erf ing that YouTube has illegally prof"This may be the biggest book out-of-print, but copyrighted books ited by tens of thousands of pirated deal in publishing history," guild have been indexed online by Michigan and other libraries. executive director Paul Aiken saifl clips from copyrighted shows like "South Park," "SpongeBob Google has called the project, Tuesday. SquarePants" ! and "MTV If approved by the U.S. District which also scans public domain works, an invaluable chance for Court in Manhattan, the settlement Unplugged." Google, which bought Youibbe books to receive increased expo- will end a conflict that had been closely followed by the publishing for $1.76 billion two years ago, has sure. But in a class-action suit filed in industry as it examines how copy- adamantly denied the allegations 2005, the Authors Guild alleged right law should work on the and blasted Viacom for threatening that Google was "engaging in mas- Internet and whether sales are hurt to stifle free expression on the sive copyright infringement." or harmed by access to digital text. Internet. A trial date in that New Within weeks, publishers also sued, Authors and publishers once York federal court case still hasn't, citing the "continuing, irreparable strongly resisted free online books. been scheduled. By HILLEL ITALIE Publishers are increasingly counting on the Internet to help increase sales, and Tuesday's announcement comes as the industry wonders, and worries, how badly it will be hurt by the shrinking economy. Publishers have often boasted that books are "recession proof because of their low cost compared to other forms of entertainment. But the market has been soft for years and a division of Random House Inc., the Doubleday Publishing Group, said Tuesday that 16 employees had been laid off, including a receptionist and members of the marketing and art departments. "I believe I would be speaking for many others when I say that we do not see ourselves as being immune from the recession," said spokesman David Drake of Doubleday, which has struggled with commercial disappointments such as Andrew Davidsons highly publicized novel, "The Gargoyle," and by the continued absence of a follow-up to Dan Brown's megaselling "The Da Vinci Code." Drake said he had no news on when Brown would finish his novel, reportedly about Freemasons, and rumored for years to be near completion. "The Da Vinci Code" came out in 2003. "Many people, including the retailers, would like to have a new Dan Brown," Drake said. Tice, director of The Home Technology Monitor at AP Business Writer Knowledge Networks, who noted PHILADELPHIA (AP) - that DVD sales have been falling The rising popularity of digital for several years. The survey did not ask viewers video recorders seemed to spell doom for U.S. prime-time TV about shows or movies they because the technology lets view- watched online. About 4 percent of respondents ers skip ads, but a study to be released Wednesday shows DVRs said they watched TV outside their are probably replacing DVD view- homes this year, down from 7 percent four years ago, perhaps due to ing, not television. More than 90 percent of people the increase in high-definition prosurveyed in May by Knowledge grams and channels. ^no^OBy^f^j r .Networks. Inc., a ma£HpTxese^ --*•_' -J '" The "T ; fifth, saidthey lypical^atch TV tune in during prime-time-for-a during the prime-time Hours of 8 spe^fciflc show rose - to 48 percent p.m. to midnight, a rate similar to in 2008 from 41 percent in 2004. But Tice said viewers are not as what the company found four tied to broadcast programs or years ago. But 19 percent of respondents schedules as before. People want now have DVRs, five times the to be entertained, usually having just had dinner and before going proportion in 2004. "Increased DVR usage seems to bed, and if they can't find anyto come at the expense of watch- thing on TV, they'll watch videos ing purchased video,"1 said David from their DVRs or other sources. At any given hour, 8 percent of recorded content being viewed came from the DVR, up from 4 percent four years ago, the survey said. The rest of recorded content came from DVDs and video tapes. Viewers aged 13 to 29 were more likely to change channels during commercials in prime-time than people in other age groups. Members of this group, known in the survey as miflennials, also are more apt to watch TV outside their homes once a week. ,; The rise in,|,Dft£J£;_viewipg ' among consumers means networks, ad agencies and advertisers need to think of ,ways to keep people from skipping their ads, Tice said. Companies must embrace alternative ways of reaching viewers without neglecting their traditional audience. "Fewer people are watching their ads and that's what pays the bills," he said. & Intermountaln Heber ValteyCUnic PARK SO employers. 1OOO jobs, ONE FOR YOU. Tivo takes place of DVDs, not TV By DEBORAH YAO Taking eait of babies with taking eait f Th© Yarrow Thursday* Nov- 6, 2QQ8 6:00 tnfomu»ttan please visit us a Brew somecoffeef. Pour a.cup,--: Read the newspaper. The economy is melting, literally NEW YORK (AP) - The economy is melting - literally. On Wednesday, two artists installed a 1,500-pound ice sculpture carved to spell the word "Economy" in Manhattan's financial district. The "Main Street Meltdown" will remain in Foley Square until it melts - about 24 hours. The backdrop to the sculpture - the wide stairs and row of pillars fronting the state Supreme Court building - is instantly recognizable to millions of viewers of TV's '"Law & Order." "To see the word 'economy' melting down is representational of an extreme time," artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese said on their Web site. The artists said the sculpture, which is 5 feel tall, 15 feet wide and sits on a pedestal, was installed on Oct. 29 because it is the 79th anniversary of the day in 1929 when the stock market crashed, precipitating the Great . Depression. Earlier this month, painter and printmaker Laura Gilbert stood outside the New York Stock Exchange and passed out signed and numbered prints of her "Zero Dollar," which looks like a dollar bill except it has a zero in the place of a one. She said the artwork was a statement about "the destructive role of many financial institutions, inflation and the decline of U.S. currency to the point of seeming Search Every Park City Listing at www.YouInParkCity.com Pinebrook Cottages $469,900 Commute ' worthlessness." Another artist, Geoffrey Raymond, also has drawn attention for his work related to the ongoing economic crisis. Raymond paints large portraits of powerful executives - subjects have included \ former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld and Bear Stearns' ex-chairman James Cayne - sets them up on the sidewalk and invites the public to scrawl remarks. "Economy" is the fourth in a series of political ice sculptures Ligorano and Reese have created. 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