Google Library a Windfall for Authors

Australian authors and publishers are set to receive a windfall from Google’s project to put millions of books online. In recent weeks several Australian publishing industry bodies, such as the Australian Society of Authors, the Copyright Agency Limited and the Australian Publishers’ Association, have been contacting members to let them know about the settlement Google has reached with American authors and publishers. Under the terms of this settlement, copyright holders are to be paid US$60 ($91.85) a book and US$15 an article or chapter copied from the more than 7 million items in the Google Library project