Report: “Google’s Book Project Harms Freelance Writers, Group Tells Supreme Court”

From Media Post:

Google’s book search feature, which displays snippets of published works, has a “real-life impact” on writers’ ability to earn a living, according to the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

That group argues in a new court papers that the snippet-view feature “produces market harm and actual damage.”

The ASJA, which represents around 1,200 freelance writers, makes the argument in new court papers backing the Authors Guild in its long-running fight with Google over its book digitization project. The ASJA contends in a friend-of-the-court brief that some people are reading Google’s snippets instead of purchasing books.

Read the Complete Article (Including Summary of the Brief Filed with the U.S. Court)

UPDATE: Bestselling Authors and Rights Organizations Support Authors Guild in Asking Supreme Court to Review Authors Guild v. Google Ruling (via Authors Guild)

UPDATE: Full Text of Seven Amicus Briefs Filed with U.S. Supreme Court

• American Society Of Journalists And Authors

• Authors Malcolm Gladwell, J.M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, Ursula Le Guin, Stephen Sondheim, Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally, Tony Kushner, Diane Mcwhorter, Taylor Branch, Tracy Chevalier, Douglas Wright, Michael Frayn, Richard Flanagan, Tracy Kidder, Marsha Norman, And Yann Martel

• The Copyright Alliance

• Text and Academic Authors Association, Western Writers of America, Inc., The National Association Of Science Writers, Inc. and The Dramatists Guild

• International Authors Forum (IAF), International Publishers Association (IPA), And International Association Of Scientific, Technical And Medical Publishers (STM)

• Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., The International Federation Of Reproduction Rights Organisations, and Marybeth Peters

• Elsevier Inc. and Hachette Book Group, Inc.